Most opposition currents support or debate the proposal

Participants insisted that those who had opposed the Shah should help define the freedoms and social order of post-revolutionary Iran.

The protests exposed tensions among Islamic, socialist, nationalist and feminist interpretations of emancipation.

Women workers, students and professionals organized meetings and marches despite harassment and political pressure.

Citizens were asked whether monarchy should be replaced by an Islamic Republic.

For supporters, the vote translated the revolutionary overthrow into a direct act of popular sovereignty.

Women's participation affirmed their visible role in the revolution and in deciding the formal structure of the new state.

After the referendum count, 1 April was declared the founding day of the Islamic Republic.

The result ended the hereditary political order and replaced it with a republic grounded in the revolution.

Supporters understood the new republic as a break with foreign domination, especially the political legacy of the 1953 coup.

The proclamation opened a contested process over constitutional authority, participation and social justice.