A pattern that still repeats itself The killing of the students on the 13th of Ibn 1357 was one of the turning points of the struggle against the Pahlavi regime; The event that led to the fall of the Sharif-e-Imami government and the worsening of the monarchy crisis. American diplomatic documents tell about the role and positions of senior officials in Washington in supporting the Shah and considering the possibility of military repression in the days leading up to this incident. A reconstruction of this event provides the basis for examining the relationship between the Pahlavi dictatorship, foreign intervention and political currents opposed to the Islamic revolution. Examining the functioning of the movement under the leadership of Masoud Rajavi and its violent actions, together with the experience of the Pahlavi era's repression against contemporary events in Iran, raises the question of how several patterns of violence, foreign dependence and opposition to national sovereignty are reproduced in different periods with different forms and slogans. Read the text of the report here.

A pattern that still repeats itself The killing of the students on the 13th of Ibn 1357 was one of the turning points of the struggle against the Pahlavi regime; The event that led to the fall of the Sharif-e-Imami government and the worsening of the monarchy crisis. American diplomatic documents tell about the role and positions of senior officials in Washington in supporting the Shah and considering the possibility of military repression in the days leading up to this incident. A reconstruction of this event provides the basis for examining the relationship between the Pahlavi dictatorship, foreign intervention and political currents opposed to the Islamic revolution. Examining the functioning of the movement under the leadership of Masoud Rajavi and its violent actions, together with the experience of the Pahlavi era's repression against contemporary events in Iran, raises the question of how several patterns of violence, foreign dependence and opposition to national sovereignty are reproduced in different periods with different forms and slogans. Read the text of the report here.