The 1979 Iranian Revolution

Can you guess these facts about Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution? Source - Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Hint	Answer
Name of the last Shah of Iran	Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Shia cleric who came to power after the revolution	Ruhollah Khomeini
Title of the Supreme Leader	Ayatollah
Embassy that was stormed by protesters during the revolution	Embassy of the United States of America
CIA organised plan to rescue workers at this embassy that hadn’t been captured by the protesters	'Argo' plan
Branch of the armed forces that the Supreme Leader established after the Revolution	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
Name of the Iranian Parliament	Majlis
‘Council’ established that oversees laws passed by the parliament	The Guardianship Council
President appointed by the Supreme Leader	Abolhassan Banisadr
Country in the Middle East that Iran broke diplomatic relations with after the revolution	Israel

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Type of government Iran had before the revolution	Monarchy
Type of government Iran had after the revolution	Theocracy
The Supreme Leader dubbed the United States this	Great Satan
‘Official’ reason why the Shah left Iran	Cancer treatment
Country the Supreme Leader lived in exile in before returning to Iran	France
What the Supreme Leader dubbed Israel	Little Satan
Country Iran went to war with shortly after the revolution	Iraq
Type of police established	Gasht-e-Ershad
Mandatory type of clothing for women	Hijab
Type of law that Iran is now governed by	Sharia Law