| 15 Khordad incident | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Iranian Revolution | |||
 People of Tehran in the demonstrations with pictures of Ruhollah Khomeini in their hands. | |||
| Date | 5 June 1963 | ||
| Location | |||
| Resulted in | Protests suppressed | ||
| Parties | |||
The demonstrations of June 5 and 6, also called the events of June 1963 or (using the Iranian calendar) the 15 Khordad uprising (Persian: تظاهرات پانزده خرداد),[3] were protests in Iran against the arrest of Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after his denouncement of Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Israel.[4] The Shah's regime was taken by surprise by the massive public demonstrations of support, and although these were crushed within days by the police and military, the events established the importance and power of (Shia) religious opposition to the Shah, and Imam Khomeini as a major political and religious leader.[5] Fifteen years later, Imam Khomeini was to lead the Iranian Revolution which overthrew the Shah and the Pahlavi dynasty and established the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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...the initial organization and mobilization of the demonstrations that occurred in Tehran after the arrest of Khomeini on 5 June 1963, was the work of the Coalition...
- ^ Shahibzadeh, Yadullah (2016). Islamism and Post-Islamism in Iran: An Intellectual History. Springer. p. 34. ISBN 9781137578259.
The Freedom Movement participated actively in the 1963 uprising, instigated by Khomeini. The leading and younger members of the movement were imprisoned after the event.
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- ^ Moin, Baqer (2000). Khomeini, Life of an Ayatollah. New York City: St. Martin's Press. p. 104. OCLC 255085717.
- ^ Staff (undated). "Ayatollah Khomeini Biography" Archived 2007-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Bio. Retrieved June 3, 2012.