Khomeini calls on people to defy the curfew

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 royal government attempted to confine residents indoors and regain control through martial-law powers.

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.

The fall of the Pahlavi state ended the monarchy and is commemorated in Iran as the victory of the Islamic Revolution.