The Persian Gulf War: lessons for strategy, law, and diplomacy, Christopher C. Joyner, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1990, ISBN 978-0-313-26710-9, ... Following the impeachment and dismissal from office of President Bani- Sadr in June 1981, thousands of youthful Mojahedin supporters staged an armed uprising against the government. The regime survived this major challenge, but the country paid a high human cost: at least 100 top leaders, including Rajai, were assassinated; hundreds of members of the Revolutionary Guards were killed; and at least 8000 antiregime youths were executed or killed in street battles ...
