1979 Khuzestan insurgency

1979 Khuzestan uprising
	Part of Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution and Arab separatism in Khuzestan
	; Khūzestān Province of Iran, native name, استان خوزستان
Date	April – December 1979
Location	Khuzestan Province, Iran
Result	Iranian military victory Uprising quelled; Iranian Embassy siege in 1980;
Belligerents
DRFLA; APCO; PFLA; AFLA; Supported by:; Iraq	Interim Government and Council of the Islamic Revolution Islamic Republic of Iran
Commanders and leaders
Oan Ali Mohammed	Mehdi Bazargan; Taqi Riahi; Ahmad Madani; Mostafa Chamran
Units involved
	Islamic Republic of Iran Army; Revolutionary Guards;
Strength
	A few hundred (AFLA)
Casualties and losses
100 Iranian Arabs killed	12+ Revolutionary Guardsmen killed
	Total: 25–112 killed

The 1979 Khuzestan uprising was one of the nationwide uprisings in Iran, which erupted in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution. The unrest was fed by Arab demands for autonomy.^[2] The uprising was effectively quelled by Iranian security forces, resulting in more than a hundred people on both sides killed.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press. Appendix E: Armed Opposition. ISBN 9780674915718.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ward, p.231-4
^ "Database - Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)". Archived from the original on 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2012-10-21.

[PR-1] Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press. Appendix E: Armed Opposition. ISBN 9780674915718.

[ward231-2] Ward, p.231-4

[3] "Database - Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)". Archived from the original on 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2012-10-21.

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