Who removed the Pahlavi regime?

Who removed the Pahlavi regime?

• A. The Majles
• B. The US government
• C. Ayatollah Khomeini
• D. The Reza Shah's son

Answer: (C)

The revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini toppled the Pahlavi regime. He built a broad coalition of clerics, students, workers, and merchants who opposed the Shah’s autocratic rule and Western alignment. After years in exile, Khomeini returned to Iran in 1979, became the revolution’s unifying leader, and helped steer the movement toward establishing the Islamic Republic as the monarchy collapsed. This overthrow came from domestic mass mobilization and clerical leadership, not from Parliament or foreign powers, and the ruler who was removed was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi—the Shah himself.

The revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini toppled the Pahlavi regime. He built a broad coalition of clerics, students, workers, and merchants who opposed the Shah’s autocratic rule and Western alignment. After years in exile, Khomeini returned to Iran in 1979, became the revolution’s unifying leader, and helped steer the movement toward establishing the Islamic Republic as the monarchy collapsed. This overthrow came from domestic mass mobilization and clerical leadership, not from Parliament or foreign powers, and the ruler who was removed was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi—the Shah himself.