The procedures provoke disagreement inside 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.

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

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.

A decree consolidated armed revolutionary groups into an institution tasked with protecting the revolution.