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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.
The Iranian Revolution ( Persian: انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân [ʔeɴɢeˌlɒːbe ʔiːɾɒːn] ), also known as the 1979 Revolution and the Islamic Revolution ( انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī ), [ 4] was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979.
125, [1] 262 [2] 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. Also, announcements were published in universities a few days before ...
9 January – 1978 Qom protest. 18 February – 1978 Tabriz protests. 21 June – 1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown. 8 September – Black Friday, massacre by Iranian army provoked 88 deaths. 16 September – The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affected central Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX ( Violent ). At least 15,000 people were killed.
Street clashes between protesters and Shah's regime in Tehran Killed protesters by Shah's regime in Tehran Iranian protesters on 5 June 1963 Killed protesters in Black Friday The Preamble of the 1979 Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran speaks of the Islamic Revolution being "watered by the blood of more than 60,000 martyrs and 100,000 ...
September 8: dubbed "Black Friday" Shah declares martial law in response to protests against Pahlavi dynasty. The military of Iran use force including tanks and helicopters to break up the largely peaceful demonstrators. About 88 demonstrators (including three women) are killed.
The Cinema Rex fire ( Persian: آتشسوزی سینما رکس آبادان, lit. 'Rex Abadan cinema fire') happened on 19 August 1978 when the Cinema Rex in Abadan, Iran was set ablaze, killing between 377 [ 1] and 470 people. [ 4] The event started when four individuals, who were militants motivated by Islamic extremism, [ 2] doused the ...
But the situation in Iran, the tragic death of a 22 year-old woman with her life ahead of her, calls for much-needed perspective. Maybe things aren’t so bad in America. Maybe the blessings of ...