The Siahkal incident ( fa, رویداد سیاهکل) or Siahkal movement ( fa, جنبش سیاهکل) refers to a guerrilla operation against Pahlavi government organized by Iranian People's Fadaee Guerrillas that happened near

Siahkal Siahkal ( fa, سياهكل, also Romanized as Sīāhkal, Seyāh Kal, Sīāh Kal, and Sīyāh Kal; also known as Sīāhkal Maḩalleh) is a city and capital of Siahkal County, Gilan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republ ...

town in Gilan on February 8, 1971. The guerrillas attacked a gendarmerie post at

, killing three policemen and freeing two previously arrested guerrillas. Thirteen men were convicted and executed for the incident, including two who were in prison at the time. The event marks the beginning of the guerrilla era in Iran for most historians — an era which ended with the

Islamic Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dyna ...

. ''Iran Between Two Revolutions'' by Ervand Abrahamian
p.480Mottahedeh, Roy, ''The Mantle of the Prophet : Religion and Politics in Iran'', One World, Oxford, 1985, 2000, p.329

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Modern history of Iran Militant opposition to the Pahlavi dynasty 1971 in Iran {{Iran-stub