1979 homeland revolution in pictures

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Khomeini was arrested in 1963 after declaring the Shah a “wretched miserable man” who had “embarked on the destruction of Islam in homeland.” Three days of major riots throughout homeland followed, with 15,000 dead from police fire as reported by opposition sources.

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