Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Pakazosvika 1978, kusagadzikana kwezvematongerwo enyika uku kwakava chimurenga chakakurumbira chakatungamirira kukugumburwa kwouchangamire. Kuurawa kwaJaleh Square, uko mauto ake akauraya nokukuvadza mapoka evapanduki;
Cinema Rex moto, kurwiswa kunopiswa zvikuru asi zvisiri izvo kunopomerwa SAVAK muAbadan; kupanduka uye kupandukira muuto; kuratidzira kweMuharram kwevanopfuura mamirioni mashanu eIran; uye musangano wevatungamiriri vekumadokero uyo Shah akanzwa kuti kubviswa kwekutsigirwa kwavo, kwakaita kuti chinzvimbo chake muIran chisagadzirisike. Akabva muIran achienda kunhapwa musi wa17 January 1979. Kunyange zvazvo Shah akaudza vanhu vomunguva yake vari kuMadokero kuti aizofarira kusiya vanhu vake pane kuvapfura, mauto ake akauraya vanhu vakawanda vairatidzira vasingashandisi chisimba, uye nhamba yevanhu vakaurayiwa panguva yechimurenga yaibvira pa2000 (nhamba dzokuMadokero) kusvika ku60,000 (nhamba dzeIslam Republic of Iran). Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, umambo hweIran hwakaparadzwa nenzira yapamutemo, uye Iran yakaziviswa kuva nyika yechiIslam inotungamirirwa naRuhollah Khomeini. Shah akafa ari muutiziro muEgypt, mutungamiri waro, Anwar Sadat, akanga amupa utiziro.