Arab nationalist uprising in southwest Iran after the revolution
1979 Khuzestan uprising
Part of Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution and Arab separatism in Khuzestan
Khūzestān Province of Iran, native name, استان خوزستان
Date
April – December 1979
Location
Khuzestan Province, Iran
Result
Iranian military victory
Uprising quelled
Iranian Embassy siege in 1980
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
Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Revolutionary Guards
Strength
A few hundred (AFLA)[1]
Casualties and losses
100 Iranian Arabs killed[2]
12+ Revolutionary Guardsmen killed[2]
Total: 25[3]–112 killed
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t
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Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution
Kurdistan
Khuzestan
Khorasan
Azerbaijan
Baluchistan
Tehran
U.S. Embassy
Nojeh coup plot
Amol uprising
Iran–Iraq War
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t
e
Arab separatism in Khuzestan
Early phase
Sheikh Khazal (1924)
Unrest (1925)
Unrest (1928)
Unrest (1940)
1943 revolt
1945 revolt
Second phase
Insurgency (1956–70)
Insurgency (1979)
Embassy siege (1980)
2005–2022 phase
Unrest (2005)
2005–06 Ahvaz bombings
Day of Rage (2011)
Uprising of Dignity (2018)
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]
^ abRazoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press. Appendix E: Armed Opposition. ISBN 9780674915718.
^ abcdWard, p.231-4
^"Database - Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)". Archived from the original on 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
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