' 30years on, its legacy still looms large'
The Iranian revolution: "30 years on, its legacy still looms large"
Three decades after the Shah was deposed and Ayatollah Khomeini launched his Islamic revolution, Middle East editor Ian Black looks back at Iran"s role in the world since 1979 and finds that the tumultuous events that took place 30 years ago still have resonance and significance today. Photographs: Corbis, Getty, AP, Rex, Reuters, EPA, AFP
- Tuesday 3 February 2009
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audioslideshow/2009/feb/03/iran-iranian-revolution
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