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Toppled Leader Of 1979

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noun

• title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran

39%6 Asian leader toppled Asian leader? Commotion follows!
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• the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno

32%8Leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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• Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989)

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