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The revolution was unusual for the surprise it created throughout the world. It lacked many of the customary causes of revolution (defeat in war, a financial crisis, peasant rebellion, or disgruntled military) occurred in a nation that was experiencing relative prosperity;[9][16] produced profound change at great speed; was massively popular; resulted in the exile of many Iranians;[20] and replaced a pro-Western authoritarian monarchy with an anti-Western theocracy based on the concept of velayat-e faqih (or Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists)
Old Buildings Of Tehran Before And After The 1979 Revolution
The revolution was unusual for the surprise it created throughout the world. It lacked many of the customary causes of revolution (defeat in war, a financial crisis, peasant rebellion, or disgruntled military) occurred in a nation that was experiencing relative prosperity;[9][16] produced profound change at great speed; was massively popular; resulted in the exile of many Iranians;[20] and replaced a pro-Western authoritarian monarchy with an anti-Western theocracy based on the concept of velayat-e faqih (or Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists)