The Minor Tyranny was a roughly one year long period in Iranian history lasting from the bombardment of the Iranian parliament by the forces of Mohammad Ali Shah on 23 June 1908 to the capture of Tehr
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, who ascended the throne in January 1907, was an opponent of the constitutional revolution from its inception.
Members of the first Iranian parliament, in front of the parliament building.
The Parliament building after bombardment.
A group of arrested constitutionalists in Baghshah.
Mirza Younis Kuchik Khan was an Iranian revolutionary leader and the president of the Gilan Socialist Soviet Republic. He was the founder of a revolutionary movement based in the forests of Gilan in n
Mirza Kochak Khan
Mirza Kuchak Khan before starting the rebellion (around 1914).
Red Iran wall newspaper of Russian Telegraph Agency (Russian Telegraph Agency) in Persian and Russian reads: Rasht June 27, 1920, Long Live Mirza Kuchek", in the honor of Mirza Kuchak Khan and celebration of the newly announced Soviet Republic of Gilan.