A report on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Abolhassan Banisadr and Iran–Iraq War
During the Iran–Iraq War, Banisadr was appointed acting commander-in-chief by Khomeini on 10 June 1981.
- Abolhassan BanisadrEven before Khomeini had signed the impeachment papers, the Revolutionary Guard had seized the Presidential buildings and gardens, and imprisoned writers at a newspaper closely tied to Banisadr.
- Abolhassan BanisadrMeanwhile, a new paramilitary organisation gained prominence in Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (often shortened to Revolutionary Guards, and known in Iran as the Sepah-e-Pasdaran).
- Iran–Iraq WarAmong the dead was General Ahmad Kazemi, the IRGC ground forces commander, and Iran–Iraq War veteran.
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsIRGC officials confiscated assets of many refugees who had fled Iran after the fall of Abolhassan Banisadr's government.
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsThe battle had been ordered by Iranian president Abulhassan Banisadr, who was hoping that a victory might shore up his deteriorating political position; instead, the failure hastened his fall.
- Iran–Iraq War2 related topics with Alpha
Ruhollah Khomeini
1 linksundefined
undefined
Most of his period in power was taken up by the Iran–Iraq War of 1980–1988.
On 4 February 1980, Abolhassan Banisadr was elected as the first president of Iran.
In an interview with Gareth Porter, Mohsen Rafighdoost, the eight-year war time minister of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, disclosed how Khomeini had opposed his proposal for beginning work on both nuclear and chemical weapons by a fatwa which had never been made public in details of when and how it was issued.
Iranian Revolution
1 linksSeries of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and the replacement of his government with an Islamic republic under the rule of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a leader of one of the factions in the revolt.
Series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and the replacement of his government with an Islamic republic under the rule of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a leader of one of the factions in the revolt.
At the same time, events that made up both the crisis and its resolution were the Iran hostage crisis, the invasion of Iran by Saddam Hussein's Iraq, and the presidency of Abolhassan Banisadr.
The most important bodies of the revolution were the Revolutionary Council, the Revolutionary Guards, Revolutionary Tribunals, Islamic Republican Party, and Revolutionary Committees (komitehs).