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Iranian Revolution

Shah and his family left Iran for exile in Egypt

Tuesday Jan 16, 1979
Egypt

On the morning of 16 January 1979, Bakhtiar was officially appointed prime minister. The same day, a tearful Shah and his family left Iran for exile in Egypt, never to return.


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