Revolutionary committees assume local authority

10 February 1979

Armed groups and residents captured state facilities as units of the security apparatus surrendered or withdrew.

10 February 1979

Neighborhood resistance and military defections made enforcement of royal orders increasingly impossible.

11 February 1979

Senior commanders announced that the military would not continue defending the royal government, removing its final institutional support.

11 February 1979

The last royal prime minister went into hiding as ministries, barracks and broadcasting facilities passed to revolutionary forces.

11 February 1979

The fall of the Pahlavi state ended the monarchy and is commemorated in Iran as the victory of the Islamic Revolution.

11 February 1979

Committees took responsibility for security, food distribution and administration during the collapse of the old state.

17 February 1979

The Palestinian leader became the first prominent foreign guest after the revolution's victory.

17 February 1979

The visit symbolized a foreign policy shift from alliance with Israel under the Shah toward support for Palestinian liberation.

17 February 1979

The transformation of the diplomatic building gave material expression to the revolution's anti-Zionist position.

17 February 1979

The activist with experience in Lebanon joined the new government and helped connect Iranian and regional liberation movements.

8 March 1979

Thousands demonstrated in Tehran after statements requiring hijab in government workplaces.

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