1979 homeland revolution in pictures

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It was a relatively non-violent revolution, and it helped to redefine the meaning and practice of modern revolutions .The post-revolutionary leader – Shia cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini – first came to political prominence in 1963 when he led opposition to the Shah and his White Revolution.

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