Islamic Revolution
Tehran's theocratic transformation
The Islamic Revolution was the 1979 overthrow of Iran's monarchy and establishment of an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Khomeini.
The revolution replaced the Western-allied Shah with a theocratic government based on Shia Islamic principles.
The Islamic Revolution transformed Iran's relationship with the West.
The term sometimes appears in discussions of political Islam more broadly.
- AyatollahSenior Shia clerical title
- ShahPersian word for king
- TehranIran's capital city
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
hostages · embassy · Carter · referendum · exile · protests · clerics · autocracy
Iran's capital city
- PersiaIran's former name
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
- mosquesMuslim houses of worship
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
imperialism · resistance · martyrdom · republicanism · chador · hostage crisis · secularism · modernization
Highest political-religious authority
- ShariaMuslim religious legal code
- religious lawFaith-based governance system
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- mullahIslamic religious leader
guardianship · qadi · ayatollah · imam · constitution · morality police · seminary
Prolonged captive situation
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- oil embargoBan on petroleum exports
- petrodollarRevenue from crude exports
- OPECPetroleum exporters' coalition
Cold War · Soviet Union · Hezbollah · proxy · regional influence · Gulf States · isolation
Khomeini
revolutionaries · hostages · embassy · Carter · referendum · exile · protests · clerics · autocracy · oil crisis
Tehran
Iran's capital city
- PersiaIran's former name
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
- mosquesMuslim houses of worship
nationalism · imperialism · resistance · martyrdom · republicanism · chador · hostage crisis · secularism · modernization
Supreme Leader
Highest political-religious authority
- ShariaMuslim religious legal code
- religious lawFaith-based governance system
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
mullah · guardianship · qadi · ayatollah · imam · constitution · morality police · seminary
hostage crisis
Prolonged captive situation
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- oil embargoBan on petroleum exports
- petrodollarRevenue from crude exports
OPEC · Cold War · Soviet Union · Hezbollah · proxy · regional influence · Gulf States · isolation
Islamic Revolutionsecularism
Separation of faith, state
secular state · separation of church and state · secular humanism · disestablishment
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