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Bookmark or Share- Background and causes of the Iranian revolution - WikipediaThe 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.
- Iranian Revolution - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIslamist revolutionaries, opposed to the pro-Western policies of secularization implemented by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, overthrew the government installed by the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état and established the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Iranian revolution - WikipediaThe revolution led to the replacement of the Imperial State of Iran by the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran, as the monarchical government of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was superseded by the theocratic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a religious cleric who had headed one of the rebel factions.
- Iranian Revolution | Summary, Causes, Effects, & Facts | BritannicaIranian 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.
- Iranian Revolution - Aftermath, Reforms, Legacy | BritannicaIranian Revolution - Aftermath, Reforms, Legacy: On April 1 Khomeini declared Iran an Islamic republic. The militias and the clerics they supported suppressed Western cultural influence. In November 1979 hostages at the U.S. embassy were seized by a group of Iranian protesters.
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