The Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906 was the first. Democratic political movement of
modern Iran and had significant social and cultural dimensions. The revolution brought about a
parliament (Majles) and a constitution that curtailed the authority of both the monarchy and
the clerical establishment (ulama) and gained much international support before it was put
down through Russian intervention in December 1911.
Iranian Constitutional Revolution (1906)
This article was published in The Encyclopedia of Political Revolutions, November 1998, pp 245-248.
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