The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" id="mwATo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iranian Revolution">Iranian Revolution</a> establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayatollah" id="mwATs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ayatollah">Ayatollah</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini" id="mwATw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ruhollah Khomeini">Ruhollah Khomeini</a>.<sup about="#mwt220" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-42"}}' id="cite_ref-42" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_11#cite_note-42" id="mwAT0" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 42;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAT4">[42]</span></a></sup>
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