1979 Khuzestan insurgency

1979 Khuzestan uprising
Part of Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution and Arab separatism in Khuzestan

Khūzestān Province of Iran, native name, استان خوزستان
DateApril – December 1979
Location
Khuzestan Province, Iran
Result

Iranian military victory

Belligerents
DRFLA
APCO
PFLA
AFLA
Supported by:
Iraq Iraq[1]

Interim Government and Council of the Islamic Revolution

Iran Islamic Republic of Iran
Commanders and leaders
Oan Ali Mohammed Mehdi Bazargan
Taqi Riahi
Ahmad Madani
Mostafa Chamran
Units involved
Strength
A few hundred (AFLA)[1]
Casualties and losses
100 Iranian Arabs killed[2] 12+ Revolutionary Guardsmen killed[2]
Total: 25[3]–112 killed

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]

  1. ^ a b Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press. Appendix E: Armed Opposition. ISBN 9780674915718.
  2. ^ a b c d Ward, p.231-4
  3. ^ "Database - Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)". Archived from the original on 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2012-10-21.