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The 1978 Qom protest (Persian: تظاهرات ۱۹ دی قم) was a demonstration against the Pahlavi dynasty ignited by the Iran and Red and Black Colonization article published on 7 January 1978 in Ettela'at newspaper, one of the two publications with the largest circulation in Iran. [1]
Fortunately, Iran's revolution prevailed, and the last resistance of large landowners and Tudeh Party agents was crushed, paving the way for progress, excellence, and the implementation of the principles of social justice. In the history of Iran's revolution, June 5 will remain a painful reminder of the enemies of the Iranian nation.
Black Friday (Persian: جمعه سیاه, romanized: Jom'e-ye Siyāh) is the name given to an incident occurring on 8 September 1978 (17 Shahrivar 1357 in the Iranian calendar) in Iran, [9] in which 64, [1] or at least 100 [10] [11] people were shot dead and 205 injured by the Pahlavi military in Jaleh Square (Persian: میدان ژاله, romanized: Meydān-e Jāleh) in Tehran.
1978 Tabriz protests refers to the events that occurred on 18 February 1978, 40 days after the 1978 Qom protests, .Several clerics in Qom and other major cities across Iran had announced the 40th-day commemoration for those killed during the Qom incidents.
From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah. On February 11, 1979, the Islamic Revolution swept the country.
The Iranian Revolution was a gendered revolution; much of the new regime's rhetoric was centered on the position of women in society. [178] Beyond rhetoric, thousands of women were also heavily mobilized in the revolution itself, [179] and different groups of women actively participated alongside their male counterparts. [180]
The four-part series explores events of the 1979 Iranian revolution and the 1979–81 Iran hostage crisis, examining other dimensions of the crisis, like the U.S. role in the Middle East politics during the 70's, and its impact on 1980 U.S. presidential elections, as well as the aftermath of the Iranian revolution.
A frame from the video of Agha-Soltan's death by gunfire. The videos spread across the internet virally, quickly gaining the attention of international media and viewers. [44] Discussions about the incident on Twitter, using a hashtag of #neda, became one of the "'trending topics'" by the end of the day on 20 June 2009. [28]