Goharshad Mosque rebellion
1935 rebellion in Pahlavi Iran / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Goharshad Mosque rebellion (Persian: واقعه مسجد گوهرشاد) took place in August 1935,[3] when a backlash against the westernizing and secularist policies of Reza Shah of the Pahlavi dynasty erupted in the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran.
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![]() ![]() | Locals and merchants | ||||||
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![]() | Shia clergy | ||||||
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2 officers, 18 soldiers killed; 2 soldiers executed for disobedience, 1 committed suicide.[1] |
2,000-5,000[2] (128 dead, 200-300 wounded, 800 arrested according to a British report"[1]) | ||||||
Total: 151 killed |
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The incident is described as a "bloody event".[2]