<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Iranian Revolution </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the constitutionalization attempts in Iran and the Islamization of Iran </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Ruhollah Khomeini return from France on 1 February 1979 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 7 January 1978 -- 11 February 1979 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Iran </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Caused by </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Discontent with the Shah 's rule </Li> <Li> Exile of Ruhollah Khomeini </Li> <Li> Social injustice </Li> <Li> Western imperialism </Li> <Li> Religious motives </Li> <Li> and others </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Goals </Th> <Td> Overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Methods </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Demonstrations </Li> <Li> Strikes </Li> <Li> Civil resistance </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Resulted in </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Overthrow of the Shah and monarchy </Li> <Li> 1979 oil crisis </Li> <Li> Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran headed by Velayat - e-Faqih with referendum </Li> <Li> Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran replaced Persian Constitution of 1906 with referendum </Li> <Li> Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the new Supreme Leader of Iran </Li> <Li> Iran hostage crisis </Li> <Li> Beginning of the Iran -- Iraq War </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Parties to the civil conflict </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <P> Imperial State of Iran </P> <Ul> <Li> Regency Council </Li> <Li> Resurgence Party </Li> <Li> Imperial Iranian Army </Li> <Li> Imperial Guard </Li> <Li> SAVAK </Li> <Li> Shahrbani </Li> <Li> Gendarmerie </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Revolution Council </Li> <Li> Interim Government </Li> </Ul> Opposition groups : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Confederation of Iranian Students </Li> <Li> Islamic Association of Students </Li> <Li> Combatant Clergy Association </Li> <Li> Islamic Coalition Societies </Li> <Li> Fedayeen of Islam </Li> <Li> Mojahedin </Li> <Li> Movement of Militant Muslims </Li> <Li> JAMA </Li> <Li> National Front </Li> <Li> Freedom Movement </Li> <Li> Nation Party </Li> <Li> Tudeh Party </Li> <Li> People 's Mujahedin </Li> <Li> Union of Communist Militants </Li> <Li> Peykar </Li> <Li> People 's Fedai Guerrillas </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Lead figures </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <P> Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi </P> Prime Ministers : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Jamshid Amouzegar </Li> <Li> Jafar Sharif - Emami </Li> <Li> Gholam Reza Azhari </Li> <Li> Shapour Bakhtiar </Li> </Ul> Directors of SAVAK : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Nematollah Nassiri </Li> <Li> Nasser Moghadam </Li> </Ul> Military Commanders : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Gholam Reza Azhari </Li> <Li> Abbas Gharabaghi </Li> <Li> Gholam Ali Oveissi </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Ruhollah Khomeini </P> Others : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Morteza Motahhari </Li> <Li> Mehdi Bazargan </Li> <Li> Mahmoud Taleghani </Li> <Li> Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani </Li> <Li> Hussein - Ali Montazeri </Li> <Li> Mohammad Beheshti </Li> <Li> Mostafa Khomeini </Li> <Li> Sadegh Khalkhali </Li> <Li> Abolhassan Banisadr </Li> <Li> Karim Sanjabi </Li> <Li> Yadollah Sahabi </Li> <Li> Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari </Li> <Li> Ebrahim Yazdi </Li> <Li> Sadegh Ghotbzadeh </Li> <Li> Ali Shariati </Li> <Li> Noureddin Kianouri </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> 532 2,000 -- 3,000 killed in demonstrations during 1978 -- 79 ( FMV claim ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Ol> <Li> Jump up ^ Regency Council was practically dissolved on 22 January 1979 , when its head resigned to meet Ruhollah Khomeini . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ Imperial Iranian Army revoked their allegiance to the throne and declared neutrality on 11 February 1979 . </Li> </Ol> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Iranian Revolution </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the constitutionalization attempts in Iran and the Islamization of Iran </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Ruhollah Khomeini return from France on 1 February 1979 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 7 January 1978 -- 11 February 1979 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Iran </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Caused by </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Discontent with the Shah 's rule </Li> <Li> Exile of Ruhollah Khomeini </Li> <Li> Social injustice </Li> <Li> Western imperialism </Li> <Li> Religious motives </Li> <Li> and others </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Goals </Th> <Td> Overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Methods </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Demonstrations </Li> <Li> Strikes </Li> <Li> Civil resistance </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Resulted in </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Overthrow of the Shah and monarchy </Li> <Li> 1979 oil crisis </Li> <Li> Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran headed by Velayat - e-Faqih with referendum </Li> <Li> Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran replaced Persian Constitution of 1906 with referendum </Li> <Li> Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the new Supreme Leader of Iran </Li> <Li> Iran hostage crisis </Li> <Li> Beginning of the Iran -- Iraq War </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Parties to the civil conflict </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <P> Imperial State of Iran </P> <Ul> <Li> Regency Council </Li> <Li> Resurgence Party </Li> <Li> Imperial Iranian Army </Li> <Li> Imperial Guard </Li> <Li> SAVAK </Li> <Li> Shahrbani </Li> <Li> Gendarmerie </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Revolution Council </Li> <Li> Interim Government </Li> </Ul> Opposition groups : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Confederation of Iranian Students </Li> <Li> Islamic Association of Students </Li> <Li> Combatant Clergy Association </Li> <Li> Islamic Coalition Societies </Li> <Li> Fedayeen of Islam </Li> <Li> Mojahedin </Li> <Li> Movement of Militant Muslims </Li> <Li> JAMA </Li> <Li> National Front </Li> <Li> Freedom Movement </Li> <Li> Nation Party </Li> <Li> Tudeh Party </Li> <Li> People 's Mujahedin </Li> <Li> Union of Communist Militants </Li> <Li> Peykar </Li> <Li> People 's Fedai Guerrillas </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Lead figures </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <P> Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi </P> Prime Ministers : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Jamshid Amouzegar </Li> <Li> Jafar Sharif - Emami </Li> <Li> Gholam Reza Azhari </Li> <Li> Shapour Bakhtiar </Li> </Ul> Directors of SAVAK : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Nematollah Nassiri </Li> <Li> Nasser Moghadam </Li> </Ul> Military Commanders : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Gholam Reza Azhari </Li> <Li> Abbas Gharabaghi </Li> <Li> Gholam Ali Oveissi </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Ruhollah Khomeini </P> Others : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Morteza Motahhari </Li> <Li> Mehdi Bazargan </Li> <Li> Mahmoud Taleghani </Li> <Li> Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani </Li> <Li> Hussein - Ali Montazeri </Li> <Li> Mohammad Beheshti </Li> <Li> Mostafa Khomeini </Li> <Li> Sadegh Khalkhali </Li> <Li> Abolhassan Banisadr </Li> <Li> Karim Sanjabi </Li> <Li> Yadollah Sahabi </Li> <Li> Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari </Li> <Li> Ebrahim Yazdi </Li> <Li> Sadegh Ghotbzadeh </Li> <Li> Ali Shariati </Li> <Li> Noureddin Kianouri </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> 532 2,000 -- 3,000 killed in demonstrations during 1978 -- 79 ( FMV claim ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Ol> <Li> Jump up ^ Regency Council was practically dissolved on 22 January 1979 , when its head resigned to meet Ruhollah Khomeini . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ Imperial Iranian Army revoked their allegiance to the throne and declared neutrality on 11 February 1979 . </Li> </Ol> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when did the islamic revolution occur in iran
when did the islamic revolution occur in iran
7 January 1978 -- 11 February 1979
7 January 1978 -- 11 February 1979