Iran voted by national referendum to become an Islamic republic on 1 April 1979 and to formulate and approve a new theocratic-republican constitution whereby Khomeini became Supreme Leader of the country in December 1979.
Irán hlasoval v národnom referende, aby sa stal národnou republikou 1. apríla 1979 a schválil novú teokraticko-republikánsku ústavu, pričom Chomejní sa stal najvyšším vodcom krajiny v decembri 1979.