The Siahkal incident or Siahkal movement was a pivotal armed raid conducted on 8 February 1971 by members of the Fadaiyan-e-Khalq, an underground Marxist–Leninist guerrilla organization. Executed by a
"Siahkal" painting in cubism style by Bijan Jazani. Jazani painted this while in prison. The deer subsequently became a symbol of the Siahkal uprising.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the last Shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 to 1979. He succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until he was overthrown in the Islamic Revolution le
Siahkal incident
…Result Decisive government victory Belligerents Imperial State of Iran Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (OIPFG) Commanders and leaders Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Fereydoun Djam Gholam Ali Oveissi Fathollah Minbashian Jafargholi Sadrii Nematollah Nassiri Ali Akbar Safayi Farahani Hamid Ashraf Units involved…
Official portrait, c. 1973
Crown Prince Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, c. 1926
Mohammad Reza entering Madrasa Nezam, a military school in Tehran, 1938
Photograph of the wedding ceremony of Crown Prince Mohammad Reza (right) and Princess Fawzia of Egypt at Abdeen Palace in Cairo, 1939