Photos show what Iran looked like before the 1979 revolution turned the nation into an Islamic republic

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The Shah of Iran with his third wife, Empress Farah Diba, and their son Crown Prince Reza.
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From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah.
On February 11, 1979, the Islamic Revolution swept the country.
The government was replaced with an Islamic…

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