The Shah Is Gone Explained

"The Shah Is Gone" (Persian: شاه رفت|Šâh raft) is a headline that appeared on the front cover of the Iranian newspaper Ettela'at on Tuesday, 16 January 1979, when the Shah left Iran, a few days before the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty and the 2500-year-old Iranian monarchy. The title contains the word shah (king) instead of shahanshah (king of kings) to refer to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, which was very rare during his reign. It is described as the "most famous headline in the history of Iran".^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

See also

• Iranian Revolution

References

1. News: «شاه رفت». "The Shah Is Gone". 2019-01-16. Iranian Students News Agency. fa. 2019-03-16.
2. News: روزی که آخرین شاه ایران برای همیشه کشورش را ترک کرد. The day the last shah of Iran left his country forever. 2018-01-16. 2019-03-16. BBC Persian. fa.
3. News: تیتر «شاه رفت» چگونه انتخاب شد؟/ شاه چرا در روز فرار گریه کرد؟. How was the title "The Shah Is Gone" chosen? / Why did the Shah cry on the day of his escape?. 2016-02-06. Fars News Agency. fa. 2019-03-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20190119120945/https://www.farsnews.com/news/13941117000272/تیتر-شاه-رفت-چگونه-انتخاب-شد-شاه-چرا-در-روز-فرار-گریه-کرد. 2019-01-19. dead.
4. News: On Streets: Cheers, Roses, Falling Statues. Pace. Eric. 1979-01-17. The New York Times. 2019-03-16.