While awaiting the departure of the shah for "holidays", Iran knows a situation of double power: Ayatollah Khomeini has posed, since Paris, as political chief and has constituted a "council of the Islamic revolution ". In the street, "C'est la fete": The demonstrators fraternized with the soldiers (who sometimes displayed portraits of Khomeini on their cars), Tehran, Iran, January 14, 1979

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© Abbas Attar / Magnum Photos.
While awaiting the departure of the shah for "holidays", Iran knows a situation of double power: Ayatollah Khomeini has posed, since Paris, as political chief and has constituted a "council of the Islamic revolution ". In the street, "C'est la fete": The demonstrators fraternized with the soldiers (who sometimes displayed portraits of Khomeini on their cars), Tehran, Iran, January 14, 1979
© Abbas Attar / Magnum Photos.
Artist/Maker (Iranian, 1944 – 2018)
DateJanuary 14, 1979
MediumVintage resin-coated gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (23.5 × 15.9 cm) Sheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2025.30.3
Not on view
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Markings Verso, middle (company stamp):
"gamma
11, rue des Petites - Ecuries
75010 PARIS (France) -770.64.46"

Verso, middle (typewriter):
"IRAN:
TEHERAN, 14/1/79
ALORS QU'ON ATTEND LE DEPART DU CHAH POUR DES "VACANCES" L'IRAN CONNAIT UNE SITUATION DE DOUBLE POUVOIR: L'AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI S'EST POSE, DEPUIS PARIS, EN CHEF POLITIQUE ET A CONSTITUTE UN "CONCEIL DE LA REVOLUTION ISLAMIQUE"

PHOTOS: ABBAS/GAMMA

DANS LA RUE, C'EST LA FETE: LES MANIFESTANTS ONT FRATERNISE DIMANCHE 14/1/79 AVEC LES SOLIDATS (QUI AFFICHAIENT PARFOIS DES PORTRAITS DE KHOMEINI SUR LEURS VOITURES).

-- DISCOURS DE L'AYATOLLAH T A L E G H A N I

de MATIN D A F T A R I (TOQUE DE FOURRURE)
de KARIM S A N D J A B I, LEADER DU FRONT NATIONAL."
Inscribed Verso, bottom left corner, sideways (pencil); "JA-508"

Recto, bottom middle, (sharpie): line
© Estate of Paul Almásy / Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation.
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Paul Almásy
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Paul Almásy
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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