Historical Organization
Imperial Guard
Imperial Guard
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Organization Timeline
Bloody Sunday
📅 22 January 1905Troops fired on peaceful processions of workers and their families approaching the Winter Palace with a petition to Nicholas II. The killings destroyed popular faith in the tsar and triggered a...
Colonel Nasiri tries to arrest Mosaddegh
📅 15 August 1953Royal Guard commander Nematollah Nasiri delivered the dismissal order and attempted to seize the prime minister, but loyal forces arrested him and the first coup attempt failed.
Air Force technicians side with the revolution
📅 9 February 1979Homafaran personnel declared support for Khomeini, revealing fractures inside the armed forces.
The Imperial Guard attacks the rebel airmen
📅 9 February 1979Fighting at the air-force base turned military division into open armed confrontation.
Residents mobilize to defend the airmen
📅 9 February 1979Revolutionaries and neighborhood groups moved toward the base, built barricades and sought weapons.
Military defections accelerate the monarchy's collapse
📅 9 February 1979The conflict showed that the command structure could no longer rely on unquestioned obedience from all ranks.