Iran and Red and black colonization

Iran and Red and black colonization () was the title of the article at Ettela'at newspaper published on 7th day of January 1978 to attack Ruhollah Khomeini, who later founded the Islamic Republic of Iran, as an Indian Sayyed people and scholars held mourning to commemorating him and they demonstrated their support to Ayatollah Khomeini and his movement. Therefore religious opponents and partial of Ayatollah Khomeini's religious authority had been increased. On the last day of 1977, Peresident Jimmy Carter recalled Iran to be an Island of stability in one of the more troubled areas of the world. After a week of the lecture of speech Carter, the Iranian newspaper published an article title Iran and red and black colonialism.
Event
In 7 January 1978 the regime to contrast with religious opponents published an article titled Iran and Red and black colonization at Ettela'at newspaper. On 7 January, in the evening Ettela'at newspaper number 15506 published an article titled "Iran and red and black colonization" by red color at page 7 that known as comments and ideas. The article was written to attack to Ayatollah Khomeini who introduced as an adventurer man but faithless and devoted to Colonial centers. At this article Ayatollah Khomeini was introduces as the Indian Sayyed who lives for sometime in India and get in contact with Colonial centers of the British. There was this nomination that Ayatollah Khomeini did not have explained about this title for anyone. Also, the Indian referred to love poem that he wrote when he was young and singed them by this title.
Reaction
One day after publishing the article, it made huge objection in Qum. It was generally known as beginning of the Iranian Revolution.<ref name="AndrewJeffreys-Jones2013" /> the classes of the Oum's seminary was cancelled. People to shows their support went to the homes of Marja' in the Tehran and Qum.<ref name="Zariri" /> In the evening at Azam Mosque of Qum, they vociferated slogans such as "Long live Khomeini" and "Death to the Pahlavi regime".<ref name="IAD" /> On 9 January the objection kept on and was more huge. The Bazaar was close. In the afternoon the police began firing into the crowd. Many people was killed and injured. For the day after this event, to commemorating deaths in many city of Iran objections held, such as Tabriz, Yazd, Isfahan, Shiraz, Jahrom, and Ahwaz.<ref name="Zariri" /><ref name="IAD" />

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