The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) dictatorship began in December 1979, when Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, the leader of the Islamic Revolution, became the Supreme Leader. A new Islamic-based Constitution was adopted.In foreign policy, the Constitution declared it would “support the just struggles of the oppressed against the oppressors” in every corner of the globe. The new authoritarian government identified Israel and the US as the major obstacles to achieving this goal.

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