Iran declares solidarity with Palestine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Participants insisted that those who had opposed the Shah should help define the freedoms and social order of post-revolutionary Iran.

The protests exposed tensions among Islamic, socialist, nationalist and feminist interpretations of emancipation.