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Short-lived poster from the early days of the revolution. Some of the banner carried by the people declare support for Mehdi Bazargan, the first prime minister of the Islamic Republic, and for Sadeq Qotbzadeh, the foreign minister; the former was forced to resign and the latter was executed.
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Stirring a nation
Symbols of the 1979 revolution
September 3, 2001
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From Staging a Revolution : The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran

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