The Iranian Revolution was a series of events that transformed Iran from a pro western constitutional monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the spiritual leader of the revolution that steered the country away from the west to one that was run in strict accordance with a hardline interpretation of Islam.
Following a year of mounting internal opposition and violent demonstations to his regime, the Shah fled Iran on the 16th January allowing the return of Khomeini after 14 years of exile and following his return, the Shah's regime finally...