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Events on Sunday 11 February 1979 1
1979Islamic RevolutionThe monarchy falls; an Islamic republic is foundedIn 1979 mass protests forced the Shah to flee, and Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile to lead the establishment of an Islamic Republic — ending some 2,500 years of Persian monarchy. The revolution reshaped Iran's politics and society and transformed the geopolitics of the Middle East.