Thirty-five years ago, the monarchy of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was toppled and replaced by a government led by Islamic cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. On February 11, 1979, revolutionary forces and rebel troops seized control in Iran, paving the way for Khomeini's elevation to power.
Anniversary: Iran's 1979 Revolution
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Protesters hold a portrait of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during the 1979 revolution.
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Iranian demonstrators in Tehran show support for the return of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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Khomeini greets supporters on February 1, 1979, the day of his return from exile in France.
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Supporters of the Islamic revolution demonstrate in Tehran, February 1979.
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Khomeini at the Behesht Zahra cemetery on the day he returned from Paris, February 1, 1979.
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Some one million people gather in Freedom Square in Tehran as the Iranian Revolution begins in 1979.
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Women hold portraits of Khomeini in 1979.
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Supporters of the Islamic revolution demonstrate in Tehran in 1979.
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Large fires erupted in Tehran during the fall of Shah Reza Pahlavi's regime in February 1979.
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Islamist students take over the U.S. embassy in support of the Iranian revolution in November 1979.
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American hostages in Iran during seizure of the U.S. embassy by Islamist students.
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Khomeini introduces Mehdi Bazargan as interim prime minister during the Islamic revolution in February 1979.
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The front page of the "Kayhan" newspaper on February 11, 1979, dedicated to Iran's revolution.
