In February 1999, Iran will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Islamic Revolution.

For two years, 1978-1980, Abbas covered the Iranian revolution and its aftermath. His book " Iran, la révolution confisquée" did not do well with the emerging mollarchy. His book on Islam was banned in Iran.

This is a selection of some of his, now , historic photos of the dramatic events that lead to the return of the
Ayatollah Khomeini after 15 years in exile and to the fall of the Shah's regime on February 11th 1979.


Copyright: ABBAS/MAGNUM


Eager to end his 17 years long self-imposed exile,...