Supporters demand accountability for the old regime

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.

His rapid execution became one of the best-known early cases of revolutionary justice.

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.

Large commemorations presented Motahhari as a martyr and condemned armed attacks on the new order.