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 * The Islamic Revolution**

The Islamic Revolution Started in 1979. The revolutionaries led by Ayatollah [|Ruhollah Khomeini] dismantled the sha's secular monarcy and established the Islamic Rebublic of Iran. In 1978 opponents of the shah had bloody encounters with his security troops. The worst of these were on september 8, when soldiers fired on 20,000 demonstraters in Tehran. Hundreds were killed and thousands were injured. It became known as Black Friday. Two months later people ran the streets of Tehran, burning buildings to the ground. Khomeini called Iranians to begin the month of epic heroism, the month the leader of the muslims taught them to struggle against the tyrants. December 10 and 11 a group of soldiers attacked the officer's mess of the shah's imperial gaurds. Khomeini returned and established control over the government. He forced the prime minister out of office and put a new one in,[|Mehdi Bazargan]. Many people believed that the new government would support a wide range of opinion. Secular means a government without religion. Monarchy means a government or state leaded by a monarch. All these are images of the islamic revolution in Iran.

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