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Name: Iranian Revolution

Type: Event

Start: 1979 AD

End: 1979 AD

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Was a revolution that took place in Iran in 1978-1979 and resulted in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty and the replacement of the Imperial State of Iran by the present-day theocratic Islamic Republic of Iran.

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  • March 1979: By 1978 the Shah faced growing public discontent and popular rebellion, and the second Pahlavi went into exile with his family in January 1979, sparking a series of events that quickly led to the end of the state and the beginning of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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