After months of mass protest, strikes, and armed confrontations, Iran’s Supreme Military Council declared neutrality and the remaining monarchical government collapsed. A broad revolutionary movement had many constituencies and political projects; the later consolidation of the Islamic Republic was not the only outcome imaginable in February 1979.
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What happened on February 11, 1979?
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AP’s account dates the military stand-down and fall of the caretaker government to February 11.
The Iranian monarchy had already collapsed before the military declared neutrality on 11 February 1979.
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The military’s declaration of neutrality preceded the final collapse of the caretaker government.