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level: Level 1 of The Establishment of an Islamic State in Iran

Questions and Answers List

Question	Answer
The word Ayatollah means...	high ranking Islamic scholar
In which date was the Islamic Republic of Iran proclaimed?	April 1, 1979
There were many groups competing for power in Iran in 1979, these included...	the religious right, the liberal left and communists
The political party loyal to Khomeini was called...	Islamic Republican Party
New laws were introduced based on the...	Koran
One of the main aims of the Islamic Republican Party was to...	rid Iran of any non-Islamic influences
Khomeini was keen to...	spread the Islamic revolution to other Muslim countries
The USA was...	an staunch ally of the Shah
Millions in the Muslim world, both Arab and non-Arab, admired...	Khomeini for standing up to the West
Prime Minister Bakhtiar invited Ayatollah Khomeini to return to Iran,	which he did on 1 February 1979.
In the November 1979 seizure of 66 Americans at the US embassy in Tehran...	by a group of Iranian demonstrators demanding the extradition of the Shah
Khomeini accused the Iraq government of being...	‘atheist and ‘corrupt and, in one of his broadcasts to the people of Iraq