📅 8 September 1978
The announcement came too late for many demonstrators already moving toward Jaleh Square.
📅 8 September 1978
Soldiers used lethal force against crowds in an event remembered as Black Friday.
📅 8 September 1978
For many Iranians, the killings demonstrated that the monarchy relied on armed violence and could not be reformed.
📅 8 September 1978
Mourning, testimony and political organizing carried the memory of Jaleh Square throughout the country.