1979 homeland revolution in pictures

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Jalal Al-e-Ahmad’s idea of Gharbzadegi – that Western culture was a plague or an intoxication to be eliminated; Ali Shariati’s vision of Islam as the one true liberator of the Third World from oppressive colonialism, neo-colonialism, and capitalism; and Morteza Motahhari’s popularized retellings of the Shia faith, all spread and gained listeners, readers and supporters.

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