During the 1979 Iranian Revolution, communists and Islamists formed a temporary and tactical alliance to overthrow the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Following the revolution, however, the new theocratic government, led by Ayatollah Khomeini, brutally suppressed its communist allies to consolidate power.
Libtards across the globe have learned nothing. Brutally suppressed are internet nice words for all useful commies in Iran were killed dead.