Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution

Islamic Republican Party victory

• Ayatollah Khomeini consolidates power
• Referendum and establishment of Islamic Republic of Iran
• Iran hostage crisis and resignation of the Provisional Revolutionary Government
• Rebellions in Kordestan, Khuzestan, Khorasan and Baluchistan suppressed
• NEQAB coup d'état failed
• Impeachment and exile of Abulhassan Banisadr
• Political opposition parties banned
• Iran–Iraq War and eventual MKO defeat in Operation Mersad
• Armed Opposition largely marginalized; low-level insurgency continues