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== Massacre of Demonstrators == | == Massacre of Demonstrators == | ||
[[File:Gowharshad mosque-02.jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|Commemorative stamp issued by the Iran's Post Company at the 50th anniversary of the massacre.]] | [[File:Gowharshad mosque-02.jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|Commemorative stamp issued by the Iran's Post Company at the 50th anniversary of the massacre.]] | ||
Based on the strict order of the national police to the police of Mashhad on July | Based on the strict order of the national police to the police of Mashhad on [[Rabi' II 11]], 1354/[[July 13]], 1935, “although the universally-obeyed holy orders of the king (may our souls be sacrificed for him) have been issued for the commander to arrest all mischief makers of any class; you and your agents should be the agents for the operation and tonight, when there is no traffic and the number of demonstrators is decreased, take more than enough and preferably uniformed foot soldiers, agents, officers abruptly to enter the mosque and immediately arrest all motivators including ‘Ulama, businessmen, shopkeepers, etc. and immediately take out of the mosque and courtyards and take toward Turuq and even further arrest as well anyone out of the shrine and the mosque you have recognized as involved in the issue and perform the same order about them. The operation should be undercover before performance so that demonstrators do not become aware about.” | ||
This order was issued supposing that most demonstrators would leave the mosque the previous night; but, it did not happen so and the demonstrators increased in numbers every moment and they reached 15 to 20 thousand people in Goharhad mosque and its surroundings. It is mentioned in the rest of the above order that, police should not use firearm in the courtyards and in the shrine and use bayonets and as such upon necessity. | This order was issued supposing that most demonstrators would leave the mosque the previous night; but, it did not happen so and the demonstrators increased in numbers every moment and they reached 15 to 20 thousand people in Goharhad mosque and its surroundings. It is mentioned in the rest of the above order that, police should not use firearm in the courtyards and in the shrine and use bayonets and as such upon necessity. | ||