Iranian Revolution

"1979 Revolution" redirects here. For the video game based on the events, see 1979 Revolution: Black Friday. For other uses, see Iranian Revolution (disambiguation).

Iranian Revolution
Mass demonstrations of people protesting against the Shah and the Pahlavi government on the day of Ashura on 11 December 1978 at College Bridge, Tehran
Date	7 January 1978 (1978-01-07) – 11 February 1979 (1979-02-11) (1 year, 1 month and 4 days)
Location	Imperial State of Iran
Caused by	Discontent with Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's rule Repression and torture of dissidents Exile of Ruhollah Khomeini (Shia Islamist faction) and others
Goals	Overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty
Methods	Demonstrations Strikes Civil resistance Riots Rebellion Armed street fighting
Result	Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Parties
Imperial State of Iran Royalist groups Regency Council Rastakhiz Party (until 1 November 1978) Imperial Army Imperial Guard SAVAK Shahrbani Gendarmerie Revolutionary Council Islamist opposition Combatant Clergy Association Fada'iyan-e Islam Freedom Movement of Iran Islamic Association of Students Islamic Association of Teachers Islamic Association of Engineers Islamic Association of Physicians Islamic Coalition Societies JAMA Mojahedin Movement of Militant Muslims Liberal, socialist and communist opposition National Front Mojahedin-e-Khalq Fadaiyan-e-Khalq Tudeh Party Peykar Sarbedaran Razmandegan Worker's Way Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan Other opposition Confederation of Iranian Students
Lead figures
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Jamshid Amouzegar Jafar Sharif-Emami Gholam Reza Azhari Shapour Bakhtiar Abbas Gharabaghi Gholam Ali Oveissi Nasser Moghaddam  Mehdi Rahimi  Ruhollah Khomeini Mehdi Bazargan Morteza Motahhari Mahmoud Taleghani Karim Sanjabi
Casualties and losses
See Casualties of the Iranian Revolution