And Jimmy Carter Allowed It To Happen!

Nixon called it. He saw it coming. He knew pic.twitter.com/0Gvwmkfkbq

— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) June 19, 2025

Khomeini called for the shah's immediate overthrow, and on December 11 a group of soldiers mutinied and attacked the shah's security officers. With that, his regime collapsed and the shah fled. The shah traveled to several countries before entering the United States in October 1979 for medical treatment of his cancer.