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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 Iranian revolution is the only modern revolution which was deliberately and coherently fomented by a revolutionary movement consisting of different social classes united under the leadership of a senior Shia cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
The Revolutionary Guard or Pasdaran-e Enqelab, was established by a decree issued by Khomeini on May 5, 1979 "to protect the revolution from destructive forces and counter-revolutionaries," [16] i.e., as a counterweight both to the armed groups of the left, and to the Iranian military, which had been part of the Shah's power base. 6,000 persons ...
This article is a timeline of events relevant to the Islamic Revolution in Iran. For earlier events refer to Pahlavi dynasty and for later ones refer to History of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This article doesn't include the reasons of the events and further information is available in Islamic revolution of Iran.
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The 1979 Khuzestan uprising was one of the nationwide uprisings in Iran, which erupted in the aftermath of the Iranian revolution. The unrest was fed by Arab demands for autonomy. [2] The uprising was effectively quelled by Iranian security forces, resulting in more than a hundred people on both sides killed. [2]
The Interim Government of Iran (Persian: دولت موقت ايران, romanized: Dowlat-e Movaqat-e Irân) was the first government established in Iran after the Iranian Revolution. The regime was headed by Mehdi Bazargan , one of the members of the Freedom Movement of Iran , [ 1 ] and formed on the order of Ayatollah Khomeini on 4 February 1979.
Iranian revolution (5 C, 53 P) P. ... Pages in category "Revolutions in Iran" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Wikipedia® is a ...