28 Amordad · Ameretat 1415

Events on this day

• Coup of 1953 · Kudeta-ye Bist-o-Hasht-e Mordad

  Iranian · Historical

  A coup backed by the CIA and Britain overthrew Prime Minister Mosaddegh (28 Mordad 1332; 19 August 1953).

• Khomeini's jihad decree against Kurdistan

  Kurdish · Historical

  On 17–19 August 1979 (28 Mordad 1358) Khomeini sent the army, gendarmerie and Revolutionary Guards against Kurdistan; summary executions followed, and some 10,000 Kurds were killed in the campaign.

Other events

• Cinema Rex Fire · Sinema Reks
• Dormition Fast · Day 5
• Merelots: Remembrance of the Dead after the Assumption · Merelots

Facts

• Day 152 of 1415
• 213 days left
• Zodiac sign: Leo · Asad