Abbas Iran celebrates victory of its army upon separatists of Azerbaidjan, the northern province, which was occupied by Russian troops during World War II. The Shah in uniform at a military parade, behin (...)
Abbas Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s portrait is exhibited by the crowd attending the opening of the Tehran university. The future President of the Islamic Republic Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in the bottom ri (...)
Abbas On the left: General Rahimi. He will be among the first officers to be executed by the Revolution, on February 15th 1979. Iran, Tehran. © Abbas | Magnum Photos
Abbas Rioters burn a portrait of the Shah as a sign of protest against his regime. Tehran, Iran. December 1978. © Abbas | Magnum Photos
Abbas After a demonstration at the Amjadiyeh Stadium in support of the Constitution and of Shapour Bakhtiar, who was appointed Prime Minister by the Shah before he left the country, a woman, believed to (...)
Abbas At a pro Shah demonstration at the Amjadiyeh Stadium, a supporter puts a banknote with the Shah's portrait to her eye as a sign of allegiance. Tehran, Iran. February 1979. © Abbas | Magnum Photos
Abbas A revolutionary mob exhibits the burned body of a presumed prostitute as evidence of the atrocity of the Shah's regime. The mob had just set fire to the "red light" district in "Islamic Purifying F (...)
Abbas Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini salutes sympathisers from the entrance of his house. Qom, Iran. 1979. © Abbas | Magnum Photos
Abbas Armed revolutionary mob takes away a presumed member of the Savak secret police on the day of the victory of the Revolution. Tehran, Iran. February 11th 1979. © Abbas | Magnum Photos
Abbas The bodies of four generals, executed after a secret trial held at Ayatollah Khomeini’s headquarters, at the Refa girls' school. Their bodies lie at the morgue. Top left General Khosrowdad, top rig (...)
Abbas On the 40th day after his death, women from the Darvazeh Ghar neighborhood, mourn a "Martyr of the Revolution", killed accidentally by a militia friend manning a gun. Behesht Zahra cemetery, Tehran (...)
Abbas Armed militants outside the United States Embassy, where diplomats are held hostages. Tehran, Iran. 1979. © Abbas | Magnum Photos
Abbas Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the Revolution. Qom, Iran. September 1979. © Abbas | Magnum Photos
Abbas Young woman stands behind men during anti - Shah demonstration. Tehran, Iran. 1978. © Abbas | Magnum Photos
Abbas Armed mullahs march past Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's house. Iran. 1990. © Abbas | Magnum Photos
Abbas After a demonstration at the Amjadiyeh Stadium in support of the Constitution and of Shapour Bakhtiar, who was appointed Prime Minister by the Shah before the left the country, a woman, believed to (...)
Abbas During the celebrations of the first anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, a young man has fainted in the dense crowd. Iran, Tehran. February 11, 1980. © Abbas | Magnum Photos
Abbas Ecstatic crowd in front of the provisory head quarters (school for young girls) of AyatollahI Khomeini on his second day of arrival in Iran. Men come to greet him in the morning, women in the afte (...)
Abbas Veiled women of the revolutionary militia get military training with guns. Tehran, Iran. 1979. © Abbas | Magnum Photos
Abbas Members of the National Front led by Karim Sandjabi (fur hat) waiting at the airport to welcome Ayatollah Ruhullah Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returning from exile. Tehran, Iran. February 1st, 1979. © Abbas | Magnum Photos
Abbas Wreckage of a US RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter, which crashed in the Iranian desert near Tabas, in a failed attempt to liberate American hostages held captive in Tehran by islamist militants. The (...)
Abbas Ayatollah Khomeini, portrait adorns the weapons armed by Pasdarans, an Islamic militia. Tehran, Iran. 1980. © Abbas | Magnum Photos
