Hoveyda is executed

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.

The revolutionary court prosecuted a leading figure of the Pahlavi state for political repression and other offenses.

Many Iranians saw trials as a response to decades in which officials had been protected from public judgment.

Some revolutionaries argued that summary proceedings weakened due process and the moral authority of the new order.

The cleric and revolutionary theorist was shot after leaving a meeting of the Revolutionary Council.

Motahhari had linked Islamic philosophy, social criticism and opposition to the Shah.

The attack reflected violent conflict over clerical authority and the meaning of revolutionary Islam.