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[Photographs of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the Ayatollah Khomeini]
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Iran--Tehran Iran |
| Description | The photographs primarily show the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Images depict street demonstrations and battles, people making sandbag barricades and Molotov cocktails, an attack on the "Asraf Abad" garrison, wounded being evacuated, a trial of members of the Tudeh Party, leftist groups including women training with weapons, and the U.S. Embassy hostages at Christmas, 1979. Images include women and children participating in the street demonstrations. Many images show Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in his home in Neauphle-le-Château, France, enroute by airplane to Iran, at meetings and demonstrations in Tehran and in Qom, and with his family including son Ahmad. Other political and religious leaders shown include Ayatollah Mohammed Beheshti with his family, provisional prime minister Mehdi Bazargan with his cabinet, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharzi, Shapour Bakhtiar, last prime minister of Iran; Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani; Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Adi Ghafar , Mohammad Khatami, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Foreign Minister during hostage crisis; Mohsen Rezaee Mirgha'ed (Rezai), commander of the Islamic Republic Corps; Mohammed Sadeq Givi Khalkhali, chief justice of the revolutionary courts; Abū al-Ḥasan Banī Ṣadr, first president of Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Akbar Valayati, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Yasir Arafat, "Red Mullah" Mohammed Mousavi Khoeiniha who planned the takeover of the U.S. embassy. Most of the photographs depict events in Tehran, but Qom, Iran and Neauphle-le-Château, France are also included. Most of the photographs were taken in 1979, one slide is dated 1982. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Iran--History--Revolution, 1979. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Demonstrations--Iran--Tehran--1970-1990. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Trials--Iran--1970-1990. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Protest movements--Iran--Tehran--1970-1990. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hostages--American--Iran--Tehran--1970-1980. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Khomeini, Ruhollah--Public appearances. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Campaigns & battles--Iran--Tehran--1970-1990. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Revolutionaries--Iran--Tehran--1970-1990. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
