Politics

Iran’s revolution drew in two million people a greater proportion of the population than any previous twentieth-century revolution saw

Asadollah Alam had a firm grasp on popular grievances and the need to address them Anderson notes

By seventies opposition leaders were generally behind bars or in exile with few replacements stepping forth

Shah abolished Iran's two permitted political parties and established a single one in their place which every adult was required to join in 1975

No figure held so much power as Napoleon Bonaparte in early nineteenth century

Royal couple waved stiffly to crowds from a horse-drawn gilded carriage crafted in Vienna by one of Europe's last remaining coach-makers

Iran's display of floral ballistics hinted at another beneficiary of its oil revenues the military

President Jimmy Carter made a toast at a New Year's Eve celebration in Tehran in 1977

Iran's leading afternoon newspaper Etalaat struck back with an accusatory editorial prepared by the government and likely at Shah's behest

Shah was one of world's wealthiest men due to oil

Iran's secret police force SAVAK known for its use of torture had effectively cleared the country of the most vocal dissidents

Planes dropped 17532 roses one for each glorious day of Shah's life

President Richard Nixon gave Shah carte blanche to buy any arms he desired short of nuclear bombs in 1972

Liberals sought rights Communists sought revolution and clerics wanted a restoration of their power

Ruhollah Khomeini needled Shah incessantly

Iran was an "island of stability" in a troublesome region

Shah had attacked from a position of apparent strength

Police opened fire killing some

Shah's regime came crashing down in thirteen months

President Trump made tax increases permanent on Friday with announcement of tariff hikes on imports from countries that did not negotiate a deal since April 2 aka Liberation Day