The Iranian Revolution was the Shia Islamic revolution that replaced the secular monarchy of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with a theocratic Islamic Republic led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
One of Tehran's major hospitals is named after Iranian Islamist leftist Ali Shariati
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Queen Farah
1979 Iranian Revolution
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The Iranian Revolution, also known as the Islamic Revolution, culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Imperial State of Iran by the Isl
Mass demonstrations of people protesting against the Shah and the Pahlavi government on the day of Ashura on 11 December 1978 at College Bridge, Tehran
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Residents of Tehran participating in the demonstrations of 5 June 1963 with pictures of Ruhollah Khomeini in their hands
The Shah of Iran (left) meeting with members of the US government: Alfred Atherton, William Sullivan, Cyrus Vance, Jimmy Carter, and Zbigniew Brzezinski, 1977