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The Iranian Revolution (Persian: انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân [ʔeɴɢeˌlɒːbe ʔiːɾɒːn]), also known as the 1979 Revolution and the Islamic Revolution (انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979.
Jun 8, 2024 · Iranian Revolution, popular uprising in 1978–79 that resulted in the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty and the establishment of an Islamic republic. It came about as the culmination of decades of popular discontent mixed with economic turmoil and an increasingly repressive regime.
The Iranian Revolution was a series of events from 7 January 1978 to 11 February 1979 that ultimately resulted in the overthrow of the pro-western regime of Pahlavi dynasty under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, subsequently being replaced by an anti-Western Theocracy under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Feb 11, 2014 · How the autocratic/theocratic dust settles remains to be seen, but the one revolution in the region that signalled an indisputable sea change was Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, whose 35th...
The Iranian Revolution is the only modern revolution which was deliberately and coherently fomented by a revolutionary movement consisting of different social classes united under the leadership of a senior Shia cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Jan 29, 2009 · The 1979 revolution was a characteristically Iranian revolution — a revolution by the whole society against the state in which various ideologies were represented, the most dominant being those with Islamic tendencies (Islamist, Marxist-Islamic and democratic-Islamic) and Marxist-Leninist tendencies (Fada’i, Tudeh, Maoist, Trotskyist, and ...
Sep 18, 2018 · The Iranian revolution was a cataclysmic event that not only transformed Iran completely, but also had far-reaching consequences for the world. It caused a deep shift in Cold War and global ...
Jan 24, 2019 · Iran’s Islamic Revolution shook the world in 1979, with currents that continue to be felt today. Decades later, the details of this watershed event—which redrew the geopolitical order in many...
Iranian Revolution, popular uprising in 1978–79 that resulted in the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty and the establishment of an Islamic republic. It came about as the culmination of decades of popular discontent mixed with economic turmoil and an increasingly repressive regime.
The Iranian Revolution, also known as the 1979 Revolution and the Islamic Revolution, was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979.
