<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" id="mwAV4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iran">Iran</a> becomes an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_republic" id="mwAV8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Islamic republic">Islamic republic</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1979_Iranian_Islamic_Republic_referendum" id="mwAWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="March 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum">by a 99% vote</a>, officially overthrowing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi" id="mwAWE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mohammad Reza Pahlavi">Shah</a>.<sup about="#mwt215" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-39"}}' id="cite_ref-39" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_1#cite_note-39" id="mwAWI" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 39;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAWM">[39]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-39"><cite about="#mwt212" class="citation news cs1" id="mwCPg">"Fighting Is Renewed By Iran Tribesmen". <i id="mwCPk">The Commercial Appeal</i>. Memphis, Tennessee. 1 April 1979. p.<span id="mwCPo" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>2.</cite><span about="#mwt212" class="Z3988" id="mwCPs" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Commercial+Appeal&amp;rft.atitle=Fighting+Is+Renewed+By+Iran+Tribesmen&amp;rft.pages=2&amp;rft.date=1979-04-01&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+1"></span></span>