In 1979, the Islamic Revolution occurred in Iran. Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi fled the country, power passed into the hands of the interim government, and the Islamic Republic was then declared in the country. In November, pro-revolution Iranian students stormed the US embassy in Tehran and greeted the Americans.
At that time, French photographer Gilles Perez came to Iran. In photographs for the book “Iran Telex: In the Name of Revolution,” he captured the time and circumstances under which the current Islamic regime was born. Perez worked for five weeks, and his images do not tell a specific story or analyze the causes of the revolution. Rather, it conveys the general atmosphere of tension and violence that prevailed in the atmosphere.
It is not known whether Iran will survive a new war in the Persian Gulf, which broke out at the end of February 2026. The future of the Islamic Republic is in danger – that is why we publish photos of Peres. To show the circumstances under which this condition arose 47 years ago.