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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]
[8] The regime's response to the uprising in Tabriz in February 1978 is described as being "massive repression" which included arrests. [7] According to Sepehr Zabir, although the February 1978 uprising in Tabriz was effectively "crushed", the security forces, who were unfamiliar with guerrilla warfare, were not able to exterminate the ...
Founded in December 1978, the Union of Communist Militants (EMK) was an Iranian maoist group founded by Mansoor Hekmat. It took part in the Iranian Revolution of 1979 — marked by the creation of workers' councils (shoras). Because of mounting repression in Iran, the organisation sought refuge in Kurdistan in 1981.
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 ...
Farrokh Negahdar, one of the leaders of the left-wing groups opposed to the Shah, says, "The large participation of people from all groups in the revolutionary gatherings was a prominent feature of the days before the victory of the Iranian revolution, but there was a kind of exclusivity and the supporters of Ruhollah Khomeini did not allow ...
Islamic Revolution of Iran, Encarta (Archived 31 October 2009) The Iranian revolution, Britannica; Dynamics of the Iranian Revolution: The Pahlavis' Triumph and Tragedy; The West's Role in the Shah's Overthrow; America's secret engagement with Khomeini; US had extensive contact with Ayatollah Khomeini before Iran revolution; Seeking Gandhi ...
However, since the Iranian Revolution, the government's general budget payments have averaged: [95] 59 percent for social affairs, 17 percent for economic affairs, 15 percent for national defense, and; 13 percent for general affairs. Iran spent 22.5% of its 2003 national budget on social welfare programs, of which more than 50% covered pension ...
The Islamic Republic of Iran was created shortly after the Islamic Revolution. The first major demonstrations with the intent to overthrow the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi began in January 1978, [8] with a new, Islam-based, theocratic Constitution being approved in December 1979, ending the monarchy.