Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakazosvika 1978, kusagadzikana kwezvematongerwe enyika uku kwakava chimurenga chakakurumbira chakatungamirira kukugumburwa kwouchangamire. Kuurawa kwaJaleh Square, uko mauto ake akauraya nokukuvadza mapoka evapanduki; Cinema Rex
moto, kurwiswa kwakaitwa nechisimba kwakapomerwa SAVAK muAbadan asi zvisiri izvo; kupanduka uye kupanduka muuto; kuratidzira kwevanhu vanodarika mamiriyoni mashanu vokuIran paMuharram; uye musangano wevatungamiriri vokuMadokero uyo Shah akanzwa kuti waiva kubviswa kwerutsigiro rwavo, zvakaita 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.