When did the Iranian Revolution start?

January 1978 – February 1979Iranian Revolution / Period

What led to the Iranian revolution?

Its causes continue to be the subject of historical debate and are believed to have stemmed partly from a conservative backlash opposing the westernization, modernization and secularization efforts of the Western-backed Shah, as well as from a more popular reaction to social injustice and other shortcomings of the …

When was the last Iranian revolution?

Iranian Revolution, also called Islamic Revolution, Persian Enqelāb-e Eslāmī, popular uprising in Iran in 1978–79 that resulted in the toppling of the monarchy on February 11, 1979, and led to the establishment of an Islamic republic.

How was Iran before the Revolution?

In the decades before the Islamic revolution of 1979, Iran was ruled by the Shah, whose dictatorship repressed dissent and restricted political freedoms. But he also he pushed the country to adopt Western-oriented secular modernization, allowing some degree of cultural freedom.

What is the Iranian Revolution and when did it occur?

Was Iran part of Russian Empire?

Following the Treaty of Turkmenchay, which concluded the Fifth Russo-Persian War, Persia ceded much of its Transcaucasian territory to the Russian Empire….Russo-Persian Wars.

Date	1651–1653, 1722–1723, 1796, 1804–1813, 1826–1828
Result	Russian victory
Territorial changes	Persia cedes Transcaucasian territory to Russia

Who won the Russo Persian War?

Russian victory
Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)

Date	19 July 1826 – 22 February 1828
Location	South Caucasus North Iran
Result	Russian victory Treaty of Turkmenchay
Territorial changes	Persia irrevocably cedes what is present-day Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iğdır Province to the Russian Empire

Who ruled Iran before the Shah?

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Predecessor	Reza Shah
Successor	Monarchy abolished Ruhollah Khomeini as Supreme Leader
Born	26 October 1919 Tehran, Qajar Persia
Died	27 July 1980 (aged 60) Cairo, Egypt