Iranian Revolution

GPTKB entity

Statements (60)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf revolutionary
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Islamic_Revolution
gptkbp:cause gptkb:political_repression
economic difficulties
religious opposition to secularization
widespread dissatisfaction with the Shah's regime
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:22_Bahman_(11_February)
gptkbp:endDate 1979
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Iranian Revolution
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Iran–Iraq_War
Islamic movements worldwide
Middle Eastern politics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
anti-imperialism
Marxist theory
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Ruhollah_Khomeini
gptkbp:location gptkb:Iran
gptkbp:mainEvent gptkb:Black_Friday_(1978)
exile of the Shah
mass protests
occupation of US Embassy
referendum establishing Islamic Republic
return of Khomeini
gptkbp:mediaCoverage international
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Ali_Khamenei
gptkb:Abbas_Amir-Entezam
gptkb:Abulhassan_Banisadr
gptkb:Akbar_Hashemi_Rafsanjani
gptkb:Ali_Shariati
gptkb:Ayatollah_Beheshti
gptkb:Ayatollah_Montazeri
gptkb:Ayatollah_Taleghani
gptkb:Ebrahim_Yazdi
gptkb:Mehdi_Bazargan
gptkb:Mohammad_Ali_Rajai
gptkb:Mohammad_Beheshti
gptkb:Mohammad_Javad_Bahonar
gptkb:Mostafa_Chamran
gptkb:Sadegh_Ghotbzadeh
gptkb:Sadegh_Khalkhali
gptkb:Shapour_Bakhtiar
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Islamists
students
workers
leftists
liberals
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:White_Revolution
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:1979_Iranian_hostage_crisis
gptkb:Cultural_Revolution_in_Iran
gptkb:Islamization_of_Iran
gptkbp:result establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran
overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty
gptkbp:significance end of monarchy in Iran
rise of political Islam
shift in US-Iran relations
gptkbp:startDate 1978
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Middle_East
gptkb:Ayatollah_Khomeini
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4