I'm sure that was their plan, and to add to that, Carter's advisor described Khomaini as a Muslim version of Gandhi.
But IMO the #فتنه۵۷ got out of hand by the Cinema Rex arsenal and the regime ended (not on paper) by Shah's speech من پیام انقلاب شما را شنیدم 
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