Socialist Action (League for Socialist Action)1979Socialist Action (League for Socialist Action) Mar, April 1979IRAN:
Socialist Action (League for Socialist Action) Mar, April 1979 · pp. 1-2 of the scan · 131 words
The scan: Socialist Action Mar Apr 1979.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)
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February llth saw the climax of the growing mass action against the Pahlavi dictatorship which, for years, had banned democratic unions, filled the jails with political prisoners, denied womens rights and trampled on those of the national minorities which make up 60% of the Iranian population.
A mass uprising in the streets of Tehran - leading to armed confrontations with 'elite' military corps -toppled the Baktiar government appointed by the Shah in a last desperate bid to head off the growing unrest.
The defeat of the Shah and the appointment by the Ayotollah of a Provisional Government - headed by Dr. Barzagan - has by no means however solved the problems that mobilised millions on the streets or decided the outcome of the revolution.
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by: Socialist Action