Bakhtiar extends the curfew

The provisional administration was expected to hold a referendum, prepare constitutional arrangements and restore basic government services.

Homafaran personnel declared support for Khomeini, revealing fractures inside the armed forces.

Fighting at the air-force base turned military division into open armed confrontation.

Revolutionaries and neighborhood groups moved toward the base, built barricades and sought weapons.

The conflict showed that the command structure could no longer rely on unquestioned obedience from all ranks.

The instruction turned mass presence in the streets into a decisive test of revolutionary authority.

Armed groups and residents captured state facilities as units of the security apparatus surrendered or withdrew.

Neighborhood resistance and military defections made enforcement of royal orders increasingly impossible.

Senior commanders announced that the military would not continue defending the royal government, removing its final institutional support.

The last royal prime minister went into hiding as ministries, barracks and broadcasting facilities passed to revolutionary forces.