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Archive - The Iranian Revolution 

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In 1979, the Iranian Revolution was breaking out. After 2,500 years of continuous Persian monarchy, people united and rose up against this authoritarian, archaic power and attempted to overthrow Muhammad Riza Shah Pahlev, who was supported by the USA. With the intense demonstrations of civil resistance that paralyzed the whole country, the shah, sick and weakened, eventually left Iran for exile on the 16th of January, 1979. On the 1st of February of the same year, chosen as the leader of the revolution by millions of Iranians, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini came back to Iran after 15 years of exile,... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Qom. Winter 1979. Leader of the revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah... 

Abbas 1980

IRAN. 1980. 

Abbas 1980

IRAN. 1980. 

Patrick Zachmann 1979

IRAN. Return of Ruhollah KHOMEINI. 1979. 

Patrick Zachmann 1979

IRAN. Return of Ruhollah KHOMEINI. 1979. 

Ferdinando Scianna 1978

FRANCE. Neauphle Le Chateau. 1978. Imam KHOMEINI. 
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Jahangir Razmi 1979

IRAN. August 27, 1979. After a short show-trial, 11 people charged... 

Jahangir Razmi 1979

IRAN. August 27, 1979. One of the 11 men, a Dervish, senteced... 

Jahangir Razmi 1979

IRAN. August 27, 1979. After a short show-trial, 11 people charged... 

Jahangir Razmi 1979

IRAN. August 27, 1979. After a short show-trial, 11 people charged... 

Jahangir Razmi 1979

IRAN. August 27, 1979. After a short show-trial, 11 people charged... 

Jahangir Razmi 1979

IRAN. August 27, 1979. After a short show-trial, 11 people charged... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. Women in chador demonstrate in front of the US... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. November 13, 1979. Ayatollah Muhammad Moussavi... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. February 1979. Hojattoleslam Ali Akbar Hashemi... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. February 5th, 1979. Leader of the revolution Ayatollah... 

Ferdinando Scianna 1978

FRANCE. Neauphle Le Chateau. 1978. Imam KHOMEINI. 
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Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. February 1979. At a rally in the Amjadiye stadium... 

Jean Gaumy 1978

FRA. Yvelines. KHOMEINY. Neauphle Le Chateau. 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. February 2nd, 1979. Ayatollah Ruhollah KHOMEINY... 

Gilles Peress 1979

IRAN. 1979. Television program on military education, "Taking... 

Gilles Peress 1979

AZERBAIJAN. 1979. Partisans of the leading opposition figure... 

Gilles Peress 1979

AZERBAIJAN. 1979. Clergy present grievances to Revolutionary... 

Gilles Peress 1979

USA. New York City. 1979.

Gilles Peress 1979

IRAN. Teheran. 1979. A sign in front of the U.S. Embassy. 

Gilles Peress 1979

IRAN. Teheran. 1979. Photographs of the shah's victims in front... 

Gilles Peress 1979

AZERBAIJAN. 1979. Mullahs. 

Gilles Peress 1979

IRAN. Tabriz. 1979. The takeover of a television station. 

Gilles Peress 1979

IRAN. Tabriz, Azerbaïdjan. 1979. Stadium meeting. Demonstration... 

Gilles Peress 1979

IRAN. Teheran. December 1979. Adolescent boys and young women... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. February 1979. The statue of Shah Mohammad Reza... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. February 1st, 1979. Ayatollah Ruhullah KHOMEINY,... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. February 11, 1979. Armed revolutionaries attack... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. February 11th, 1979. Armed revolutionaries attack... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. February 1st, 1979. At the Behesht Zahra cemetery,... 

Abbas 1978

IRAN. Tehran. November 1978. A young rioter burns a car, symbol... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. January 1979. A demonstrator, wounded by police... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. February 11, 1979. Armed revolutionaries attack... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. February 11, 1979. Armed revolutionaries attack... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. February 11, 1979. Armed revolutionaries attack... 

Abbas 1978

IRAN. Tehran. November 1978. Young men hold hand with women in... 

Abbas 1978

IRAN. Tehran. November 1978. Ayatollah TALEGHANI is greeted by... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN.Tehran. April 1979. A blindfolded prisoner is taken away... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Teheran. Victory after the revolution. February 11-12th,... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Qom. 1979. The Ayatollah Ruhollah KHOMEINY, leader of the... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. 1979. Ayatollah Ruhollah KHOMEINI's portrait is... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. 1980. Crowds celebrating the First anniversary... 

Abbas 1978

IRAN. Tehran. A large crowd listen to Ayatollah KHOMEINY's message... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. 1980. Friday prayer in the streets of the capital.... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Members of the Islamic militia "Pasdarans" armed and parading.... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. 1979. Presumed supporters of the Shah's regime... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN: TEHRAN January 25, 1979.

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. 1979. An Ashura demonstration against the Shah.... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. February 11, 1979. Armed revolutionaries attack... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. February 1st, 1979. Members of the National Front... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. 1979. TEHRANI, an officer of the SAVAK (the Shah's... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Tehran. 1979. Cultural Revolution. Demonstration against... 

Abbas 1979

IRAN. Qom. Officers, wearing the uniform of the Shah's regime,... 

Abbas 1978

IRAN. Tehran. December 1978. Rioters evacuate a civilian wounded... 

Abbas 1978

IRAN. Tehran. December 1978. Rioters burn a portrait of the SHAH... 
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