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On the evening of the 1st of Muharram 1399 AH (2 December 1978) thousands of people in Tehran took to their roof-tops and chanted Allahu Akbar (God is Greatest). This Islamic Republic Party poster celebrates "Muharram, the month of blood's victory over the sword".

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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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