Publication Attacking Khomeini

Date: January 7, 1978 • Location: Tehran, Iran

An article entitled "Iran and Red and Black Colonization" was published in the newspaper Ettela'at attacking Ruhollah Khomeini, then in exile in Iraq.

"Iran and Red and Black Colonization" was an article written under the pseudonym "Ahmad Rashidi Motlagh" published in the Ettela'at newspaper on 7 January 1978. The article was used to attack Ruhollah Khomeini, who later founded the Islamic Republic of Iran. It led to the 1978 Qom protest.