Goharshad Mosque rebellion

Goharshad Mosque rebellion
Date	August 1935
Location	Goharshad Mosque, Imam Reza shrine, Mashhad, Iran
Result	Massacre of the besieged civilians
Belligerents
Shahrbani Police; Imperial Iranian Army	Unarmed civilians
Commanders and leaders
Mohammad Vali Asadi	Shia clergy
Strength
	2,000
Casualties and losses
2 officers, 18 soldiers killed;; 2 soldiers executed for disobedience, 1 committed suicide.	2,000–5,000; (128 dead, 200-300 wounded, 800 arrested according to a British report")
	Total: 151 killed

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 regime erupted in the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran.

The incident is described as a "genocide". Reza Shah Pahlavi stated later in exile his regret in violating the sanctity of God's house.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b Hovsepian-Bearce, Yvette (2015). The Political Ideology of Ayatollah Khamenei: Out of the Mouth of the Supreme Leader of Iran. Routledge. p. 44. ISBN 9781317605829. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ Farrokh, Kaveh (20 December 2011). Iran at War: 1500-1988. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-78096-240-5.

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[Rout-2] Hovsepian-Bearce, Yvette (2015). The Political Ideology of Ayatollah Khamenei: Out of the Mouth of the Supreme Leader of Iran. Routledge. p. 44. ISBN 9781317605829. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[3] Farrokh, Kaveh (20 December 2011). Iran at War: 1500-1988. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-78096-240-5.

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