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Jaleh Square Massacre was an important event in the Iranian revolution of 1978. Jaleh (current name: Shohada = Martyrs) is a square is southern Tehran. On Sep 19, 1978 (Iranian calendar: 17 Shahrivar 1357) military units surrounded a large group of demonstrators in Jaleh Square and killed several of the demostrators with machine guns |
Jaleh Square Massacre was an important event in the Iranian revolution of 1978. Jaleh (current name: Shohada = Martyrs) is a square is southern Tehran. On Sep 19, 1978 (Iranian calendar: 17 Shahrivar 1357) military units surrounded a large group of demonstrators in Jaleh Square and killed several of the demostrators with machine guns<ref name="youtube video">{{cite web |url= http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=qjg5CcXOgCM|title= 17 Shahrivar massacre in Tehran, Sep 1978|accessdate=2006-01-13 |work=http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=qjg5CcXOgCM}}</ref>. The official records reported 58 killed and 25 wounded, while the unofficial reports go as high as 4,000 dead |
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Jaleh Square Massacre was an important event in the Iranian revolution of 1978. Jaleh (current name: Shohada = Martyrs) is a square is southern Tehran. On Sep 19, 1978 (Iranian calendar: 17 Shahrivar 1357) military units surrounded a large group of demonstrators in Jaleh Square and killed several of the demostrators with machine guns[1]. The official records reported 58 killed and 25 wounded, while the unofficial reports go as high as 4,000 dead .
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- ^ "17 Shahrivar massacre in Tehran, Sep 1978". http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=qjg5CcXOgCM. Retrieved 2006-01-13.
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