The United States admits the Shah for medical treatment

The leadership change strengthened the influence of the Islamic Republican Party in state-building.

The completed text differed substantially from the provisional government's earlier proposal.

The leading jurist received extensive supervisory authority as guardian of the revolution's Islamic direction.

The draft included a president, parliament, referendums and councils alongside religious oversight.

The document rejected foreign control and declared support for the struggles of oppressed peoples.

Many supporters feared that asylum for the Shah could precede another foreign-backed attempt to reverse the revolution.

Revolutionary groups called for trial of the former monarch and restitution of wealth they said had been taken from Iran.

The decision strengthened anti-imperialist mobilization and undermined advocates of a gradual normalization of relations.

Activists seized the compound and said the action was intended to prevent another American intervention like the 1953 coup.

The occupation began a prolonged international crisis and made relations with the United States central to domestic politics.