Historische Organisatie
Tabriz protesters
A forty-day memorial for those killed in Qom became a mass anti-government demonstration in Tabriz.
Banks, party offices and other institutions associated with the monarchy and foreign influence became targets of popular anger.
Troops and police used lethal force, creating new martyrs whose memory would mobilize other cities.
Tabriz demonstrated how Shi'a mourning traditions could connect dispersed communities into a nationwide revolutionary movement.
