 Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Vashandi vakaumba mubatanidzwa neSociety of Mujahed Muslims, yaitungamirirwa naAyatollah Kashani, vachibatanidza zviwanikwa zvavo uye vachibatanidza mabasa avo kurwisa hurumende. Vakabatanidzwa zvikuru mu1953 coup détat uye akaidana kuti kumukira kwenyika, zvisinei kupikisa hurumende yaFazlollah Zahedi yeuto mushure mekupandukira. Zvichitevera kupikisa kwavo, mapepanhau avo akarambidzwa uye hofisi yavo yebato yakatorwa nehurumende uye bato rakaenda pakambomira kusvika pasarudzo yezvemitemo yeIran, 1960. Vakatangazve basa muna 1961 uye vakaratidza kutsigira Ayatollah Khomeini muna 5 June 1963 kuratidzira. Muna 1971, bato rakagadziriswazve nemvumo yehurumende, asi rakamanikidzwa kumisa zviitiko zvaro muna 1975 mushure mekuziviswa kwenyika yebato rimwe chete pasi peResurgence Party. Muna 1977, Baghai akaedza kumutsidzira bato racho pashure pokuzivisa kuvimbika kumhuri yaPahlavi, kunyange zvazvo pamwero wakaganhurirwa. Yakakurumidza kuparadzwa pashure peshanduko ya1979. 