The Shah of Iran was overthrown by massive public demonstrations. Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran from exile. Ayatollah Khomeini became the Supreme Leader and Iran became anIslamic Republic. Ayatollah Khomeini declared that Irans government would be based 100% on Islam. The statements above describe changes in Iran during the 1979 revolution. These changes indicated a move toward-

HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

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The Shah of Iran was overthrown by massive public demonstrations. Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran from exile. Ayatollah Khomeini became the Supreme Leader and Iran became anIslamic Republic. Ayatollah Khomeini declared that Iran’s government would be based “100% on Islam.” The statements above describe changes in Iran during the 1979 revolution. These changes indicated a move toward-

A	greater cultural diversity
B	liberation theology
C	more individual rights
D	radical Islamic fundamentalism

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The Iranian Revolution (Persian: , Enqelâb-e Irân [ʔeɴɢeˌlɒːbe ʔiːɾɒːn]), or the Islamic Revolution ( , Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), refers to a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979.

Detailed explanation-2: -Educated in Switzerland, Mohammad Reza returned to Iran in 1935. After the Soviet Union and Great Britain occupied Iran in 1941, Reza Shah was forced into exile, and Mohammad Reza ascended Iran’s throne.

Detailed explanation-3: -Khomeini, now known by the high Shiite title “ayatollah, ‘’ was the first religious leader to openly condemn the shah’s program of westernization. In fiery dispatches from his Faziye Seminary in Qom, Khomeini called for the overthrow of the shah and the establishment of an Islamic state.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ruhollah Khomeini’s return to Iran on 1 February 1979, after 14 years in exile, was an important event in the Iranian Revolution. It led to the collapse of the provisional government of Shapour Bakhtiar and the final overthrow of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, on 11 February 1979.

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