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On January 16, 1979, Mohammad Reza Shah fled Iran, and on February 1, Khomeini returned from his exile in Iraq and Paris to be greeted by millions of cheering Iranians. Emerging as the clear leader within a power vacuum, Khomeini and his supporters worked quickly to consolidate power.
15 kwi 2019 · By the time of the revolution in 1979, Iranians had been exposed to photography for more than a hundred years; it wasn’t uncommon for ordinary middle-class people to own cameras. A professional cadre of photojournalists followed the royal court and the country’s growing pop-culture personalities, providing news photographs for the daily ...
8 lut 2019 · 15 Severe clashes erupt on January 26, 1979 amid Iran's political instability and leadership vacuum. Antigovernment demonstrators dive for cover as Iranian army soldiers fire live rounds in...
11 lut 2017 · In February, 1979, Shah Reza Pahlavi was overthrown. The Iranian Revolution turned the country's monarchy into an Islamic theocracy. DW presents the climax of the Islamic revolution in pictures.
This exhibition – Exiles – comprises a series of photos taken in Europe and in the U.S. from 1968 to the early 1980s, including some previously unpublished images. The concept is to show how Exiles was made, and also includes an insight into the photographer’s relentless travelling, with the exhibition concluding with an extraordinary ...
The Iranian revolution of 1979 marked the advent of a new political era for the country, the ramifications of which were felt across the Muslim world. A popular uprising, driven by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini from exile in France, toppled the US-backed leadership ofMohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
11 lut 2019 · Photos from 1978 and 1979 show the massive demonstrations that ushered in a revolution and the return of the Ayatollah to rule a changed Iran.
