Iranian Revolution
[1978–1979]
- Also called:
- Islamic Revolution
- Persian:
- Enqelāb-e Eslāmī
- Date:
- January 1978 - April 1, 1979
- Location:
- Iran
- Key People:
- Ruhollah Khomeini
- Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
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Iranian Revolution, popular uprising in Iran in 1978–79 that resulted in the toppling of the monarchy on February 11, 1979, and led to the establishment of an Islamic republic. 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 as foreign intervention from Russia, the United Kingdom, and, later, the United States. The United Kingdom helped Reza Shah ...(100 of 1432 words)