![]() ![]() ![]() The Shah replaces General Nematollah Nassiri, the head of SAVAK one of his successor’s first moves was to order the release of 300 detained clerics. The cycle of protests, repression, violence, and mourning continues in three dozen Iranian cities. A student protestor is killed in Tabriz, provoking riots and further violence. February 18Ĭonsistent with Shia tradition, mourning ceremonies are held in cities across Iran on the fortieth day following the death of the Qom protestors. Several thousand protestors attacks symbols of the monarchy security forces kill at least five people. The main bazaar in Qom, where Iran’s largest seminaries are based, closes to protest the defamation of Khomeini. Iranian newspaper Ettela’at publishes a front-page editorial disparaging Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, reportedly written by the royal court at the directive of the Shah. National Archives A spark ignites 1978 January 6 President Jimmy Carter and Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi raise their glasses in a toast during the president’s visit to Tehran. On a brief visit to Iran, President Jimmy Carter toasts the Shah, describing Iran as “an island of stability in one of the most troubled areas of the world.” ![]() November 15-16ĭuring a visit to Washington, the Shah’s welcome at the White House is disrupted by protests by Iranian students (as well as the tear gas used by police to quash the protests.) December 31 The elder Khomeini has lived in exile since 1963, when he was arrested for leading protests against the Shah’s modernization program. Mostafa Khomeini, the eldest son of exiled cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, dies of unknown causes at age 47 in Najaf, Iraq. OctoberĪ 10-night poetry festival organized by the Iranian writers’ association at the Goethe Institute in Tehran attracts thousands of participants for lectures criticizing the government. ![]() Journalists, intellectuals, lawyers, and political activists publish a series of open letters criticizing the accumulation of power at the hands of the Shah. The Iranian Revolution-A timeline of events Storm clouds gather 1977 January – July ![]()
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