Black Friday (1978)
| Black Friday | |
|---|---|
| Part of Iranian Revolution | |
| Location | Tehran, Iran |
| Date | 8 September 1978 (GMT+3.30) |
| Deaths | 64 protesters or 94 (64 protesters, 30 government security forces) or at least 100 (88) |
| Injured | 205 wounded |
| Perpetrators | Imperial Army of Iran |
Black Friday (Persian: جمعه سیاه, romanized: Jom'e-ye Siyāh) was an incident on 8 September 1978 (17 Shahrivar 1357 in the Iranian calendar) in Iran in which at least 64 and at most more than 100 people were shot dead and 205 injured by the Pahlavi military in Jaleh Square (Persian: میدان ژاله, romanized: Meydān-e Jāleh) in Tehran. According to the military historian Spencer C. Tucker, 94 were killed on Black Friday, consisting of 64 protesters and 30 government security forces. The deaths were described as the pivotal event in the Iranian Revolution that ended any "hope for compromise" between the protest movement and the regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.