Part 4:
Revolution Day
Tehran had been awake throughout the night.
The curfew was ignored, and there were skirmshes in the streets between demonstrators and the security forces.
Neither the Prime Minister, Dr. Bakhtiar, nor the leaders of the revolutionary movement could predict what would happen.

Dr. Bakhtiar and General Qarabaghi had agreed to meet the next morning. Dr. Bakhtiar was considering how he could restore order:
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Mr. Kazem Jafroudi, a friend of both Dr. Bakhtiar and Mr Bazargan, was aware of the contacts between the army and government and the content of their discussions:
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A group of military commanders, members of the Supreme Council of the armed forces, headed by General Qarabaghi, met in the morning to make the army's most important decision:
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Later that day, Tehran Radio announced the decision of the forces to remain neutral. Dr. Bakhtiar heard this for the first time when it was broadcast on the radio:
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At about the same time, Mr. Jafroudi was waiting in his house where General Qarabaghi, Dr. Bakhtiar and Mr. Bazargan were due to meet:
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On that afternoon, after the declaration of neutrality, General Qarabaghi visited the Lavizan Garrison, in north Tehran:
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Meanwhile, Ayatollah Khomeini sent a statement to the nation, read by Ayatollah Moussavi Ardabili, on Tehran Radio:
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Tehran radio contacted Mr. Bazargan, who was still in Mr. Jafroudi's house:
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Once Mr. Bazargan had declared the victory of the revolution, the last government of the Shah was effectively overthrown. On the same evening the revolutionary forces took over the radio and television stations:
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On the evening of 11 February 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini was in power and Mr. Bazargan was his prime minister. Mr. Bazagan, speculated on the future and what was to rise from the ashes of the Pahlavi dynasty:
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