Which is a true statement about Iran’s political leadership in the late 1970s?

The Iranian Revolution forced Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi from power in 1979. Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran and became the country’s leading political and religious authority, so the true statement is that he took control in 1979. The other choices reverse or misstate what happened: the Shah faced opposition, and Khomeini was not overthrown by Islamic fundamentalists.

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