Match the people who were a major part of the iranian revolution to their descriptions.

leader of iran before
the iranian revolution

nationalist prime minister
of iran

leader of the islamic republic
after the revolution

mohammed mossadegh >

ayatollah khomeini >

shah mohammed >
reza pahlavi

Answer 1

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, also identified as Mohammad Reza Shah, was the last Shah of Iran from 16 September 1941 till his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979. Mohammad Reza Shah took the name Shahanshah on 26 October 1967. He was the second and last ruler of the House of Pahlavi.

Answer 2

Mohammad Mosaddegh was an Iranian diplomat. He was the head of an apparently democratically elected government that was eliminated in a CIA-backed coup, keeping office as the Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until 1953, when his government was overthrown in an organized by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency and the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service.

Answer 3

Ayatollah Khomeini became the greatest spiritual leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979, following many years of opposition to Shah Pahlavi. Following his selection as Ayatollah, Khomeini worked to eliminate the Shah from power for his connections with the West.

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