Jaleh square massacre

Jaleh Square Massacre (a.k.a. Black Friday) was an important event in the Iranian revolution of 1978. Jaleh (current name: Shohada = Martyrs) is a square is southern Tehran. On Sep 9, 1978 (Iranian calendar: 17 Shahrivar 1357) military units surrounded a large group of demonstrators in Jaleh Square and killed several of the demostrators with machine gunscite web |url= http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=qjg5CcXOgCM|title= 17 Shahrivar massacre in Tehran, Sep 1978|accessdate=2006-01-13 |work=http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=qjg5CcXOgCM] . The official records reported 58 killed and 25 wounded, while the unofficial reports go as high as 4,000 dead. The official number confirmed after the revolution by the Foundation for Martyrs and Veterans Affairs (Farsi: Bonyad Shahid) is 88 cite web |http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/story/2008/09/080906_op-black-friday.shtml|title= BBC Article on Black Friday (in Farsi)|accessdate=2008-07-08 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/story/2008/09/080906_op-black-friday.shtml] .

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