# Ghalibaf signs Revolutionary Guards warning after student protests

Date: 1999

On 12 July 1999, senior Revolutionary Guards commanders sent President Mohammad Khatami a letter warning that their patience was running out over the government's handling of unrest after attacks on student demonstrators. [Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf](/people/mohammad-bagher-ghalibaf), then a senior Guards air-force commander, was among the signatories reproduced by the Iran Data Portal. The letter followed days of protests that began after a violent raid on a Tehran University dormitory and expanded into a national political crisis.

The commanders told the elected president that they could no longer tolerate the situation if the government did not act. The letter did not order a specific arrest or shooting, but Ghalibaf personally joined a military warning aimed at pressuring civilian authorities during a protest movement.

## People

- Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: https://factrail.ai/people/mohammad-bagher-ghalibaf

## Drivers

- Civic Space: https://factrail.ai/drivers/civic-space

## Sources

- https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/24/iran-threats-free-fair-elections
- https://irandataportal.syr.edu/irgc-commanders-letter-to-khatami

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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