Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuurayisa vanhu nemapurisa kunobvumirwa nomutemo, asi hazviwanzowanzoshandiswa muIran nhasi. Munhau, raishandiswa nokuda kwemhosva dzechiuto nedzezvematongerwe enyika. Muna 1974, pasi pehurumende yaShah, vaMarxist vanoshingaira Khosrow Golesorkhi naKeramat Daneshian vakaurayiwa neboka raipfura vachipomerwa mhosva yekurangana kuuraya Reza Pahlavi, Muchinda weIranian. Vakapfurwa pashure pokutongwa kwakaratidzwa paterevhizheni muTehran. Iyi nhau yakanga iri imwe yezviitiko zvikuru izvo zvakatendeudzira pfungwa dzavanhu mukurwisana naShah. Mukati mamakore 38 ayo Shah akatonga, vanhu 1 000 kana kuti vanopfuura vakatongerwa rufu nokuda kwemhosva dzokurwisana nehurumende, zvikurukuru kupfurikidza neuto rinopfura pashure pokuva nemhaka nedare chairo rehondo reSAVAK. Mushure mokunge
Muna 1953 pakaitika kudengenyeka kwenyika, vanhu vakawanda vechiKomonisiti vakaurayiwa. Matsotsiwo zvawo aiurayiwa zvikurukuru nokuturika munguva iyi.