Persepolis+-+Black+Friday,+1978

media type="youtube" key="qjg5CcXOgCM&hl=en" height="355" width="425"Black friday,1978 The name black friday comes from the protests that occured on september 8,1978 in Zhaleh Square Tehran,Iran.The government in Iran declared martial law because of the protests against the sha's rule.The anti-government sources say that the military of Iran used deadly force.This means that they used tanks and helicopter gunships just to break up the large group of peaceful demonstrators. 88 to 89 people were killed and three of them were woman.For four months,protests continued which means that the petroleum industry was shut down.This was important for the administrator since he couldn't survive without it.Around the continent, nobody wanted to support the shah clearing the way for the Islamic Revolutionthat was led by ayatollah khomeini. then the destruction of the monarchy less than a year later. In the book persepolis there was a rumor that soldiers from isreal were the ones who killed those iranians.Then marjane explains that it was actually their own kind that attacked them.After that there were many more massacres.the shahs reign was coming to an end.He declares on television that they will try to"March towards democracy".Then he actually tries to but the people only wanted him to leave so when he left the people had the biggest party in iranian history.

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