Photos Show What Life Looked Like for Iranian Before 1979 Revolution

Before the Islamic Revolution took place in Iran in 1979, and Khomeini’s revolution transformed every aspect of Iranian society, Iran was a very different world.It was also a world that was looking brighter for women. And, as everyone knows, when things get better for women, things get better for everyone. After the Islamic Revolution in 1979, when Ayatollah Khomeini deposed the Shah of Iran, 70-years of advancements in Iranian women’s rights were rolled back virtually overnight.