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Golestan Palace is a rich source of a wide variety of Iranian as well as foreign decorative and architectural arts dating back to the 18th and 19th century AD.

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Iranian revolution

Revolution in Iran from 1978 to 1979

This article is about the 1979 revolution. For the 1905–1911 revolution, see Persian Constitutional Revolution. For the series of reforms launched in 1963, see White Revolution.

"1979 Revolution" redirects here. For the video game based on the events, see 1979 Revolution: Black Friday.

The Iranian revolution (Persian: انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân[ʔeɴɢeˌlɒːbeʔiːɾɒːn]), also known as the 1979 revolution, or the Islamic revolution of 1979 (انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī)^[4] was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The 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State of Iran by the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran, as the monarchical government of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was superseded by the theocratic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a religious cleric who had headed one of the rebel factions. The ousting of Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, formally marked the end of Iran's historical monarchy.

Following the 1953 Iran coup, Pahlavi aligned

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Background and causes of the Iranian revolution

Causes of the Iranian revolution

The Iranian revolution was the Shia Islamic revolution that replaced the secular monarchy of ShahMohammad Reza Pahlavi with a theocraticIslamic Republic led by AyatollahRuhollah 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 Shah,^[1] as well as from a more popular reaction to social injustice and other shortcomings of the ancien régime.^[2]

Background (1906–1977)

Shi'a clergy (or Ulema) have historically had a significant influence in Iran. The clergy first showed themselves to be a powerful political force in opposition to Iran's monarch with the 1891 tobacco protest boycott that effectively destroyed an unpopular concession granted by the shah giving a British company a monopoly over buying and selling tobacco in Iran. To some the incident demonstrated that the Shia ulama were "Iran's first line

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