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| Video Discription | (16 Jan 2019) LEADIN: On January 16, 1979, Iran's powerful Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi abandoned his Peacock Throne and left his nation, never to return home, setting the stage for the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution a month later. Here's a look at the events leading up to his departure and the incoming of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to jubilant crowds. STORYLINE: Iran's powerful Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi has ruled the country since 1941. But as Tehran grew during its oil boom years of the 1960s, tensions against him grew. He survived an assination attempt in 1965. But public anger at his wife's extravagant spending - she renovated the royal familiy's residence at a cost of millions of dollars - and long circulating rumors of embezzlement surrounding the Pahlavi dynasty, the end was in sight. Regular protest broke out against his reign throughout 1978. In October that year, civil service strikes spread across the country and wildcat strikes by oil workers reduced the lucrative petroleum production from 5 million barrels daily to a trickle. By mid November, anti-Americanism has intensified. An exodus of Americans began that reduced their number from 45,000 to 12,000 by January. In December, anti-shah demonstrations, estimated at between 300,000 and 2 million people, took part in a peaceful march. In 1979, the pressure on the shah became too much. On January 13, the shah appointed a regency council to represent the crown during his absence. Exiled Shiite leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini announced from Paris the formation of a revolutionary council to prepare for an "Islamic Republic." On January 16, the shah left Tehran for the last time, never to return. It was the end of the monarchy in a country that had been ruled by kings for 2,500 years. The shah's departure, initially described as a "vacation," came as he was fatally stricken with cancer. His arrival in America after months abroad would spark the US Embassy takeover and hostage crisis, stoking the animosity that persists between Tehran and Washington to this day. His departure from Iran and the ensuing chaos blindsided the United States, which for decades relied on Iran and its absolute ruler as Washington's closest Mideast ally. Washington sold billions of dollars in weaponry to the shah, whom America empowered in a CIA-backed 1953 coup, and stationed sensitive spying stations in northern Iran to monitor the Soviet Union. But on the streets, jubilant Iranians celebrated. With the shah gone, Khomeini returned to Iran on February 1. And by February, the Islamic Revolution had taken hold. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/93b3485c5cd6a415dd6b5e58d24d9507 [L0j00Ws1J4k] |
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