1979 homeland revolution in pictures

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Marxist groups – primarily the communist Tudeh Party of homeland and the Fedaian guerrillas – had been weakened considerably by government repression. Despite this the guerrillas did help play an important part in the final February 1979 overthrow delivering “the regime its coup de grace.”

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