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On January 16, 1979, in the face of increasing civil unrest in Iran and anger towards the monarchy, the Shah fled the country, paving the way for the return
https://www.britannica.com/event/Iranian-Revolution
The 1979 revolution, which brought together Iranians across many different social groups, has its roots in Iran's long history. These groups, which included clergy, landowners, intellectuals, and merchants, had previously come together in the Constitutional Revolution of 1905-11. Efforts toward satisfactory reform were continually stifled, however, amid reemerging social tensions as well
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ... who sympathized with nationalist movements like Mosaddegh's and had nothing but contempt for old-style imperialists like those who ran the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. ... The Shah is Gone — headline of Iranian newspaper Ettela'at, 16 January 1979, when the last monarch of Iran left the country
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-iranian-revolution-a-timeline-of-events/
A revolution erupts. August 19. 477 Iranians die in a deliberately set fire at Cinema Rex in Abadan. The opposition blames SAVAK; after the revolution, an Islamist confessed and was prosecuted for
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/10/world/middleeast/iran-revolution-40.html
Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. In February of 1979, Tehran was in chaos. A cancer-stricken Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Western-backed autocrat, had gone into exile in mid-January, leaving
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_and_causes_of_the_Iranian_Revolution
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.. Its causes continue to be the subject of historical debate and are believed to have stemmed partly from a conservative backlash opposing the westernization and secularization efforts of the Western-backed
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/featured-documentaries/2019/2/1/iran-1979-anatomy-of-a-revolution/
By the end of 1978, protests against the Shah had turned into a revolution and on January 16, 1979, the Shah fled the country - ending more than 2,000 years of Persian monarchy.
https://theconversation.com/world-politics-explainer-the-iranian-revolution-100453
The Iranian Revolution was a hard-fought battle for those in favour of the Islamist model of governance, inspiring similar movements that have had varying degrees of success across the region.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-to-read-to-understand-the-1979-iranian-revolution/
9 min read. Iran's revolution has inspired countless books, articles, films, and commentary. On the 40th anniversary of that momentous event, we've compiled some recommendations on further
https://www.mei.edu/publications/iranian-revolution-february-1979
The revolution of February 1979 was a revolt of the society against the state. In some of its basic characteristics, the revolution did not conform to the usual norms of Western revolutions, because the state did not represent just an ordinary dictatorship but an absolute and arbitrary system that lacked political legitimacy and a social base virtually across the whole of the society.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Iranian-Revolution/Aftermath
Iranian 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. The new constitution created a religious government based on Khomeini's vision of velayat-e faqih and gave sweeping
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/1979-iran-and-america/
Four decades have now passed since a mass political movement resulted in the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran. For Washington, the revolution represented a devastating strategic loss.
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Iranian-Revolution
Iranian religious leader. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. shah of Iran. 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.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47032829
The Islamic Revolution of 1979 brought seismic changes to Iran, not least for women. One area that has come under scrutiny is the way women dress and wear their hair - the old Shah, in the 1930s
https://theweek.com/100434/how-the-iranian-revolution-unfolded
How the Iranian Revolution unfolded. The nationalism-inspired overthrow of the royal family 40 years ago sparked a major shift in Iran's relationship with the outside world. Forty years ago this
https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2023/02/12/1156322493/fireworks-and-death-to-the-dictator-iranians-assess-the-revolution-44-years-on
Women hold up signs depicting the image of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died while in the custody of Iranian authorities, during a demonstration denouncing her death by Iraqi and Iranian Kurds
https://petapixel.com/2022/10/14/photos-show-what-life-looked-like-for-iranian-women-before-1979-revolution/
Pesala Bandara. Following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody, women have been protesting against Iran's religious regime for nearly a month. As the country continues to
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/rare-iranian-newspaper-archive-documents-1979-revolution/
Rare Iranian newspaper archive documents 1979 Revolution. A two year project to digitise Iranian newspapers charting the Western-backed 1953 coup d'état against Iran's popularly supported government and the 1979 Revolution has been launched by The University of Manchester. The archive, a world first, is a unique historical source chronicling
https://rsf.org/en/revolution-anniversary-39-years-news-control-and-censorship-iran
RSF_en. Partager. On the 39th anniversary of the Iranian revolution, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterates its condemnation of the regime's harassment of journalists and citizen-journalists. Thirty-nine years after the revolution, as young men and women protest in the streets, the Islamic Republic is trying to reinforce its news control
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/29/middleeast/iran-presidential-election-runoff-inconclusive-first-round-intl/index.html
Pezeshkian led with 42.5% of the votes, followed by Jalili with 38.6%, according to the state news agency IRNA. Out of 60 million eligible voters, 24 million cast their ballots, resulting in a 40%
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240626-iran-picks-new-president-at-turbulent-time
Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, was detained for allegedly breaching Iran's dress code which makes women cover their heads and necks and wear modest clothing in public. Since the protests
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/world/middleeast/iran-presidential-election.html
That disaffection with Iran's current leaders comes through in many conversations with ordinary Iranians, though older ones like Ibrahim draw some satisfaction from their experiences in the
https://apnews.com/article/iran-presidential-election-ebrahim-raisi-mideast-tensions-6081dc2b8a9ff4c310e148edacf51b29
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two candidates in Iran's presidential election withdrew from the race as the country on Thursday prepared for the upcoming vote, an effort by hard-liners to coalesce around a unity candidate in the polls to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi.. Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, 53, dropped his candidacy and urged other candidates to do the same "so
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iranian-moderate-in-poll-position-after-voters-shun-first-round/ar-BB1p7aFb
Iran's old moderate candidate in the race for president will go into a run-off with a hardline former nuclear negotiator amid record-low voter turnout. Masoud Pezeshkian, a former surgeon, won
https://nypost.com/2024/06/29/world-news/iran-goes-to-a-runoff-election-between-reformist-pezeshkian-and-hard-liner-jalili/
Hard-line former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili casts his vote at a Tehran polling station on June 28, 2024. AP. As has been the case since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, women and those calling
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/iran-goes-to-the-polls-to-vote-for-new-president-after-ebrahim-raisis-death/q0nlais41
Turnout in the election was about 40 per cent, according to Iranian interior ministry data released on Saturday — the lowest on record since the 1979 revolution.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-presidential-candidate-jalili-is-fiercely-loyal-khamenei-2024-06-29/
A poster of Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili is seen on a street in Tehran, Iran, June 25, 2024. ... His staunch defence of the 45-year-old Islamic revolution appears designed to appeal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/28/iran-election-president-supreme-leader/
Iranians voted Friday in a snap election to choose a new president, with a slate of mostly conservative candidates seeking to replace hard-line leader Ebrahim Raisi after he died last month in a
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-pride-and-prejudice-canada-must-do-more-to-help-irans-lgbtq-community/
Since the 1979 revolution, the attempted erasure of Iran's LGBTQ community has been systemic, with queer Iranians living life underground or having to make the precarious journey overseas
https://www.thesun.ie/news/13262263/iran-regime-revolution-uprising-protests/
IRAN'S opposition forces are plotting a new revolution to topple the tyrannical regime, a Tehran insider has warned. The self-styled opposition group in exile said their forces won't st