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The Islamic Revolution of 1979 brought seismic changes to Iran, not least for women ... showing what life was like for Iranian women before the institution of clerical rule, and how it has ...

It followed a fiery speech from Ayatollah Khamenei on Saturday, in which he warned the US would not "re-establish the domination" it had over Iran before 1979. However, some Iranians have taken to ...

The hostage crisis began in November 1979 following the Islamic revolution led by Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini which ousted the Western-backed Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.