Every Revolution Eats Its Own — Part 1: Tehran, 1979

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In February 2026, Iran's Revolutionary Guards — the body Khomeini built to crush his own revolutionaries — sidelined the elected president and ring-fenced the new Supreme Leader. To understand how, you have to go back to 1979. Three groups put Khomeini in power: liberals, communists, and Islamic leftists. Within thirty months, all three were dead, in prison, or in exile. This is how every revolution ends. Part 1 of 3. Follow for Part 2 — Moscow, 1937. Some scenes are cinematic reconstructions of documented events. All quotes, dates, and sources are historically verified.