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The 120 pages that link to Iranian Revolution, each with the reason it gives.

• Shia IslamBroader topic: Its leaders drew on Twelver Shia institutions and political thought.

• Iran–Iraq WarRelated: The revolution weakened Iran's military and transformed its regional politics before the war.

• IslamismBroader topic: It demonstrates a revolutionary route to an explicitly Islamic system of government.

• RevolutionBroader topic: It demonstrates how a broad coalition can replace a monarchy with a religious political order.

• IranBroader topic: It transformed Iran’s political system and remains central to its modern history.

• Jimmy CarterRelated: The revolution transformed U.S.–Iran relations and set the stage for the hostage crisis.

• IslamophobiaBroader topic: Its coverage in Western media contributed to changing public images of Islam.

• Ruhollah KhomeiniRelated: Khomeini led the movement that transformed the shah’s overthrow into a new political order.

• Pahlavi dynastyBroader topic: It ended Pahlavi rule and transformed Iran’s political system.

• People Power RevolutionCompared with: It contrasts the Philippines’ largely nonviolent transfer with a revolution that dismantled the monarchy.

• TehranRelated: Tehran was the revolution’s political center and its decisive urban stage.

• Mohammad Reza PahlaviRelated: The revolution ended Pahlavi’s rule and transformed Iran’s political system.

• Ali KhameneiNarrower topic: Khamenei became a senior political figure through the revolutionary movement.

• Iranian diasporaRelated: The revolution prompted a major post-1979 migration wave, including exiles and people seeking new opportunities.

• Gulf Cooperation CouncilRelated: It heightened Gulf monarchies’ concerns about regional stability shortly before the council’s creation.

• Iranian nationalismCompared with: It displaced the monarchy’s official nationalism while retaining Iran’s sovereignty as a central claim.

• Islamic Republic of IranNarrower topic: The revolution dismantled the Pahlavi monarchy and created the opening for the new state.

• Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsRelated: The new regime created the Guard to protect its revolutionary government.

• HezbollahRelated: The new Iranian state supplied ideological inspiration and support to Hezbollah.

• Saur RevolutionCompared with: Its religious political movement contrasted sharply with Afghanistan’s communist revolution.

• Supreme Leader of IranNarrower topic: The revolution created the state whose new constitution established the Supreme Leader’s office.

• 1953 Iranian coup d'étatRelated: The coup’s legacy contributed to lasting opposition to the Shah and foreign influence.

• Iran hostage crisisRelated: The revolution toppled the shah and transformed the political climate in which the embassy seizure occurred.

• Iranian New WaveRelated: The revolution transformed the political and institutional conditions under which Iranian cinema developed.

• Mohammad MosaddeghNarrower topic: Mosaddegh’s overthrow remained a powerful reference point in revolutionary opposition to foreign intervention.

• Persian classical musicRelated: The revolution reshaped institutions and public conditions for musical performance.

• Reza ShahCompared with: It brought the dynasty he founded to an end.

• Persian Constitutional RevolutionRelated: It later revived debates about popular sovereignty and the constitutional legacy of 1906.

• Guardian CouncilRelated: The revolution created the political order in which the council was established.

• Iranian oil nationalizationRelated: The memory of foreign intervention after nationalization later fed revolutionary distrust of outside powers.

• 14 July RevolutionCompared with: Unlike Iraq’s officer-led coup, Iran’s revolution mobilized a broad popular movement and clerical leadership.

• Iranian oil industryRelated: It disrupted production and changed the political authority governing petroleum.

• President of IranRelated: The revolution created the political order in which the presidency operates.

• Iran–United States relationsBroader topic: It ended the U.S.–Iran alliance and transformed bilateral relations.

• The Handmaid’s TaleRelated: Atwood cited contemporary theocratic politics as part of the novel’s historical context.

• Axis of ResistanceRelated: The new Iranian government made exporting its revolutionary model a core foreign-policy aim.

• Abadan RefineryRelated: Revolutionary upheaval disrupted the refinery and its workforce in 1978.

• Flag desecrationRelated: Burning United States flags became a recurring public expression of opposition to American policy and influence.

• Iran nuclear programRelated: The revolution interrupted earlier nuclear plans and changed the program’s political context.

• Iranian Green MovementNarrower topic: The movement challenged political authority within the system created by the revolution.

• National Iranian Oil CompanyRelated: The revolution changed the political framework governing NIOC.

• Persian carpetRelated: Political and economic changes after the revolution reshaped carpet production and export.

• Political IslamBroader topic: It demonstrated that a movement invoking Islam could seize state power and remake institutions.

• Anglo-Persian Oil CompanyRelated: It marked a further rupture in the political and commercial relationship between Iran and British oil interests.

• BlowbackRelated: U.S. support for the Shah became part of the grievances shaping Iran's post-revolutionary hostility.

• Hassan NasrallahRelated: Its revolutionary ideology and Iranian support influenced Hezbollah’s formation.

• Iranian national identityBroader topic: The revolution recast national belonging through Islamic republicanism while retaining Iran as its political frame.

• Kurdish diasporaRelated: Political repression and conflict after the revolution drove some Iranian Kurds into exile.

• QomRelated: Qom’s clerical networks and religious authority helped shape the revolution’s leadership.

• Zbigniew BrzezinskiRelated: The revolution tested Brzezinski’s calls for firm backing of the shah and exposed limits of U.S. influence.