Iranian Revolution
Part of the Cold War and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
Date 7 January 1978 – 11 February 1979 Location Iran Result Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Khomeini becomes the Supreme Leader of Iran Start of the Iran–Iraq War, the Iran hostage crisis, and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
Belligerents
Imperial State of Iran Supported by: United States United Kingdom	Islamic Republic of Iran Supported by: Ba'athist Iraq
Commanders and leaders
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Jimmy Carter James Callaghan	Ayatollah Khomeini Saddam Hussein

The Iranian Revolution, also known popularly by Iranians as the Islamic Revolution, occurred in 1979 in the Muslim-majority country of Iran. Islamist revolutionaries, opposed to the pro-Western policies of secularization implemented by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, overthrew the government installed by the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état and established the Islamic Republic of Iran.