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Widespread dissatisfaction among the lower classes, the Shīʿite clergy, the bazaar merchants, and students led in 1978 to the growth of support for the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a Shīʿite religious leader living in exile in Paris.
Esmat Safavi: A Life Devoted to Iranian Theater, Cinema, and Radio Esmat Safavi, whose full …