The Shah Is Gone

"The Shah Is Gone" (Persian: شاه رفت, romanized: 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]

Front cover of Ettela'at, 16 January 1979
Front cover of Kayhan with the same headline

See also

References
  1. "«شاه رفت»" ["The Shah Is Gone"] (in Persian). Iranian Students News Agency. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. "روزی که آخرین شاه ایران برای همیشه کشورش را ترک کرد" [The day the last shah of Iran left his country forever] (in Persian). BBC Persian. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. "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?] (in Persian). Fars News Agency. 6 February 2016. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. Pace, Eric (17 January 1979). "On Streets: Cheers, Roses, Falling Statues". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.