At 12 noon on December 11, 1978, the day of the Ashura (the day of the martyrdom of Hossein, the fourth Shiite Imam and the Prophet Mohammad’s grandson), a soldier and a non-commissioned officer who had planned an attack on the Lavizan Military Base, carried out an assault on the Base cafeteria where there were a large number of officers present, opening fire and killing several people and ultimately getting killed themselves. (ISNA, February 8, 2015).
On February 9, 1979, after the footage of Khomeini’s arrival and welcoming ceremonies were shown at the Dushan Tappeh Air Force Base, a fight broke out between Air Force trainees who supported Khomeini, and the Imperial Guard, resulting in altercations and shootings. Once news of the rioting at the Air Force Base broke out, a group of revolutionaries went to Dushan Tappeh and entered the Base to assist the rioters. They accessed the arms depot, and once armed with rifles and machine guns, and upon constructing street barricades, engaged in an armed conflict with the Imperial Guard. (ISNA, February 8, 2015).
