1979 homeland revolution in pictures

[custom_adv]

Revolutionaries gave flowers and civilian clothes to deserters, while threatening retribution to those who stayed. On 11 December, a dozen officers were shot dead by their own troops at capital’s Lavizan barracks. Fearing further mutinies, many soldiers were returned to their barracks.

Check Also

Melania Trump presides at UN Security

U.S. first lady Melania Trump presided over a U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday focusing …