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Human Rights Watch reports between 2800 and 5000 political prisoners were killed
Groups called on Albanese to withdraw invitation due to Israeli policies in Gaza
Jewish Council of Australia said Herzog's presence would fuel division and spark protests
Ali Mirsepassi spoke in favor of prolonging a university strike in late 1978.
On Black Friday soldiers fired on a large demonstration killing two or three hundred people
Saddam reportedly said Khomeini is causing problems for the Shah and for him and for all of us
Universities were closed for years.
The Shah appointed a new Prime Minister placed him in charge and took off for Egypt on January 16 1979.
Subterranean pressures mount unnoticed until they erupt
Preference falsification explains how a revolution could be both inevitable and unforeseeable
Carter said there is no other head of state with whom he feels on friendlier terms
The U.S. Ambassador to Iran broached the topic of the Shah’s potential downfall in a long telegram titled “Thinking the Unthinkable”
The Shah's attempt to co-opt the uprising failed pitifully
The Shah said he cannot but approve of your revolution
Khomeini insisted there was no difference between music and opium and demanded they eliminate music completely when meeting with state-radio employees.
The Shah reflected that for fifteen years everything he picked up turned to gold
Khomeini sought to replace the monarchy with a religious state ruled by an Islamic jurist.
The causes of Mostafa's death were likely natural but Iranians blamed SAVAK
Khomeini's relevance had been waning until October 1977 when his son Mostafa suddenly died
Saddam asked if it would be OK to kill Khomeini