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jan 16, 1979 - Shah and his family leave Iran for Egypt, ostensibly for “vacation.”

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As he departs, the Shah tells Prime Minister Bakhtiar “I give Iran into your care, yours and God’s.”

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jan 16, 1979
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~ 47 years ago