Iran, Before and After the Shah On Jan.

16, 1979, the shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, fled into exile with his wife. .

ISFAHAN, Iran The shah arrives by Rolls-Royce, 1962. Thomas Hoepker / Magnum Photos

ISFAHAN, Iran A peasant kisses the foot of the shah as he distributes land deeds in a ceremony, 1962. Thomas Hoepker / Magnum Photos

TEHRAN, Iran The shah in his palace, 1960. Rene Burri / Magnum Photos

TEHRAN, Iran A demonstration at Amjadiye Stadium in support of the shah and the constitution, February 1979. Abbas / Magnum Photos

TEHRAN, Iran Palm prints with the blood of the "martyrs" of the revolution killed by the shah's regime, December 1979. Abbas / Magnum Photos

TEHRAN, Iran Photographs of the shah's victims in front of the U.S. Embassy, 1979. Gilles Peress / Magnum Photos

TEHRAN, Iran Photos of victims of the SAVAK, the shah's secret police, are displayed on the wall of the U.S. Embassy, where militant students hold diplomats hostage, 1979. Abbas / Magnum Photos

TEHRAN, Iran The army intervenes after a revolutionary mob attacks a woman believed to be a supporter of the shah, January 1979. Abbas / Magnum Photos

TEHRAN, Iran Armed militants clash with the shah's regime, February 1979. Abbas / Magnum Photos

TEHRAN, Iran Rioters burn a portrait of the shah to protest his regime, December 1978. Abbas / Magnum Photos

TEHRAN, Iran Military shoulder straps discarded in the bathroom of the shah's Niavaran Palace after the Imperial Guards surrender to revolutionaries, February 1979. Abbas / Magnum Photos

TEHRAN, Iran Armed revolutionaries attack barracks of the shah's armed forces, February 1979. A rioter is wounded by incoming fire. Abbas / Magnum Photos

TEHRAN, Iran Armed revolutionaries blindfold and arrest women suspected of supporting the shah's regime, 1979. Abbas / Magnum Photos

TEHRAN, Iran A statue of the shah lies on the ground near Ayatollah Khomeini's headquarters, February 1979. Abbas / Magnum Photos