Goharshad Mosque rebellion
| Goharshad Mosque rebellion | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Shahrbani Police Imperial Iranian Army | Unarmed civilians | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Mohammad Vali Asadi | Shia clergy | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,000 | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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2 officers, 18 soldiers killed; 2 soldiers executed for disobedience, 1 committed suicide. |
(disputed) 2,000–5,000 (128 dead, 200-300 wounded, 800 arrested according to a British report") | ||||||
| Total: 2000 killed | |||||||
The Goharshad Mosque rebellion (Persian: واقعه مسجد گوهرشاد) took place in August 1935, when a backlash against the westernizing and secularist policies of Reza Shah of the Pahlavi regime erupted in the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran.
The incident is described as a "genocide".