Iran, 1953-1979: From the Shah to Islamic Revolution
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The White Revolution and the Islamic Revolution
The Shah's attempt to preempt rural revolution would ironically create the conditions for an urban revolution that would end his rule and install Khomeini as Supreme Leader. The opposition united against the Shah was divided on much else. By 1979, the Shah had brutally repressed the left. After mass protests ousted the Shah, a period of uncertainty and openness followed under the provisional Islamic revolutionary government.
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