-3712-1 page 42 and had a long-term influence on Saudi foreign and domestic policy. The first was the Iranian Islamic Revolution (Iranian Revolution). It was feared that the country's Shi'ite minority (Shi'a Islam in Saudi Arabia) in the Eastern Province (Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia) (which is also the location of the oil fields) might rebel under the influence of their Iranian co-religionists. In fact, there were several anti-government uprisings in the region in 1979