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By Bob Bruneau
April 22, 2022

Workers, students, soldiers, Tehran, Feb. 10, 1979, celebrate insurrection against U.S.-backed monarchy, which fell the next day. As the revolution unfolded, workers set up factory committees; peasants fought for land; oppressed nationalities demanded language rights; women fought for equal rights.

Workers, students, soldiers, Tehran, Feb. 10, 1979, celebrate insurrection against U.S.-backed monarchy, which fell the next day. As the revolution unfolded, workers set up factory committees; peasants fought for land; oppressed nationalities demanded language rights; women fought for equal rights.