1979 Khuzestan uprising | |||||||
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Part of Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution and Arab separatism in Khuzestan | |||||||
Khūzestān Province of Iran, native name, استان خوزستان | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
DRFLA APCO PFLA AFLA Supported by: Iraq[1] |
Interim Government and Council of the Islamic Revolution 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]