4K views · 113 reactions | Videos shared on social media appear to show the ancestral home of Iran’s late founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on fire, with activists saying that it was torched by protesters. The semi-official Tasnim news agency have called the claims ‘a lie’ https://reut.rs/3V54YMt | Reuters | Facebook

The Fall of Shah & Rise of Khomeini | What Really Caused Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution This documentary explains how Iran went from a monarchy under the Shah to a religious theocracy under Ayatollah Khomeini.From the Constitutional Revolution, Reza Shah’s modernization, Mossadegh’s oil nationalization, the 1953 CIA coup, SAVAK, economic inequality, cultural tension, and the shocking events of 1978–79 — this video tells the full story of how Iran exploded into revolution. How did one student’s d