Claim: "In Iran in 1979, the extremists hijacked the broad-based popular revolution against the Shah and established a brutal theocracy."
Fact-check: Hillary Clinton says in Iran in 1979, extremists hijacked a broad-based, popular revolution against the Shah
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2014-06-11T00:00:00