Tens of thousands of Iranians are marking the anniversary of the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. It's the first mass ...

The 1979 Islamic Revolution of Iran was pivotal in modern history ... Their participation intensified in 1978, as mass protests erupted across the country. Women of all classes—students, housewives, ...

The largely peaceful Constitutional Revolution of 1906 forced the Iranian shah at that time to declare Iran a ... and religious leaders had taken an active part in political affairs. In 1978 a ...