📅 20 January 1979
Prison doors opened for activists from Islamist, Marxist and other opposition currents as the royal security system disintegrated.
📅 20 January 1979
The releases embodied a central revolutionary demand: freedom for those imprisoned for resisting monarchy and repression.
📅 20 January 1979
Former prisoners entered a rapidly changing public arena in which diverse revolutionary organizations competed over Iran's future.
📅 20 January 1979
The return of well-known prisoners reminded the public of SAVAK, military trials and the suppression of organized opposition.
