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The Medes unified Iran as a nation and empire in 625 BC. The Achaemenid Empire (550â330 BC), founded by Cyrus the Great, was the first of the Persian empires to rule from the Balkans to North Africa and also Central Asia, spanning three continents, from their seat of power in Persis (Persepolis).
Though no one knew it at the time, Iran's Islamic revolution had begun. The Iranian Revolution. Fast forward to New Years Eve, 1977: President Carter toasted the Shah at a state dinner in Tehran, calling him an island of stability in the troubled Middle East. What the president also knew, but chose to ignore, was that the Shah was in serious trouble.