Select the sentence below that best summarizes the Iranian revolution.
The U.S. government assisted the Iranian people in overthrowing a corrupt leader and installing a democratically elected government that exists to this day.
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi instigated a coup to overthrow Iran’s democratic leadership and then went into hiding when citizens began protesting his takeover of power.
The U.S. government backed a coup to install a leader who satisfied their interests, but citizens overthrew this leader and created an opportunity for a nationalist leader to take power.
Nationalist leader Khomeini took advantage of citizens’ dissatisfaction with the democratically elected government to put himself in power and declare Iran an Islamic republic.