Topic summary
The Shah Is Gone
Personal
- Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
- Iran crisis of 1946
- Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry
- 1952 uprising
- 1953 coup d'état
- SAVAK
- Great Civilization
- White Revolution
- Iranian Land Reform
- Coronation
- 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire
- Seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs
- Rastakhiz Party (Leadership)
- 1975 Algiers Agreement
- State visits
Overthrow and exile (1979–1980)
Works and writings
"The Shah Is Gone" (Persian: شاه رفت, romanized: Šâh raft) is a headline that appeared on the front cover of the Iranian newspaper Ettela'at on Tuesday, 16 January 1979, when the Shah left Iran, a few days before the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty and the 2,500-year-old Iranian monarchy. The title contains the word shah (king) instead of shahanshah (king of kings) to refer to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, which was very rare during his reign. It is described as the "most famous headline in the history of Iran".