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Model of Government-Clergy Interaction… M. Fahami and F. Pourkeyvan (171

               Revolution.  (Foran,  1992:            It seems that despite all the
               545-546 & 584-585)                     social and historical events

                  In  his  attempt  for  the          of those years, what led to
               victory  of  the  Islamic              the  Revolution  were  the

               Revolution,       the    Imam          ideological  principles  of
               Khomeini urged the Iranians            the  leader  and  the  founder
               to  continue  their  strikes           of the Islamic Revolution.
               before  issuing  messages  to

               the  military  and  the  Army          Causes of Pahlavi Collapse
               to  join  the  revolutionary           in Imam Khomeini's View
               movement.  The  Imam  also             Imam Khomeini says about

               highlighted  the  common               this:
               objectives  of  opponents,                 - Let me say that neither
               like national independence,                political factions nor the

               freedom and democracy, in                  clergy  can  claim  that
               order  to  win  a  maximum                 they caused revolt across
               social  base,  which  was  the             Iran    and     did     this

               most  valuable  asset  of  the             (Islamic      Revolution).
               Revolution. (Milani, 2007: 224)            They       were       God's
                  The  sociological  and                  combatants  who  did  it.
               phenomenological approach                  It  was  a  divine  order

               presented here was painting                and  we  pin  hope  on
               a  historical  image  of  the              Him. It was not a human
               events  leading  to  the                   issue to be unsupported.

               Islamic Revolution in Iran.                That was an act of God.
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