Siahkal incident

Part of events leading to the Iranian Revolution

Date	8 February 1971
Location	Siahkal County, Gilan Province, Iran
Status	Decisive government victory

Belligerents

Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas

Imperial State of Iran

Units involved

Jungle group

Gendarmerie

Imperial Army

Shahrbani

SAVAK

Strength

Unknown

Casualties and losses

2 KIA, 11 executed

3 KIA

Gendarmerie

The Siahkal incident (Persian: واقعه سیاهکل‎‎) refers to a guerrilla operation against Pahlavi government organized by Iranian People's Fadaee Guerrillas that happened near Siahkal town in Gilan on February 8, 1971. The guerrillas attacked a gendarmerie post at Siahkal on the Caspian Sea, 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.

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