A new pillar of state power emerges

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.

Its purpose was to defend the new political order against restoration, foreign interference and internal armed threats.

Local militants and networks that had fought the Shah became part of a national organization.

The provisional government's draft proposed republican institutions and mechanisms for reviewing legislation.

Political organizations, clerics and citizens argued over rights, sovereignty, social justice and Islamic authority.

The stronger office of the leading jurist emerged during later deliberations in the elected Assembly of Experts.

The text sought to institutionalize independence, participation and a break with the monarchical constitution.

The election chose representatives to review and rewrite the proposed constitution.