Editing Martial law (section)

===Iran===
On 7 September 1978, in response to public demonstrations protesting the perceived government involvement in the death of the son of Ayatollah Khomeini, [[Mostafa Khomeini]], [[Shah]] [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]] appointed Chief of Army Staff General [[Gholam Ali Oveisi]] as the military governor of the capital city of [[Tehran]].<ref name="MacroHistory: World History">{{cite web |title=The Iranian Revolution {{!}} King Pahlavi (the Shah) against Dissent |url=http://www.fsmitha.com/h2/ch29ir.html |access-date=2010-12-23 |publisher=MacroHistory: World History}}</ref> On 8 September, the government effectively declared martial law on the capital along with several other cities throughout the country, after which further protests erupted that lead to the army opening fire on a group of protesters in Tehran's Jaleh Square on the same day. Estimates on the number of casualties vary; However, according to Iranian human rights activist [[Emadeddin Baghi]], the number of people killed was 88 of which 64 were gunned down in Jaleh Square.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emadbaghi.com/en/archives/000592.php|title=Emad Baghi :: English|website=www.emadbaghi.com}}</ref> The day is often referred to as [[Black Friday (1978)|Black Friday]]. Unable to control the unrest, the Shah dissolved the civil government headed by Prime Minister [[Jafar Sharif-Emami]] on 6 November and appointed General [[Gholam Reza Azhari]] as the prime minister whom ultimately failed in his efforts to restore order to the country. As he was preparing to leave the country, the Shah dissolved the military government and appointed [[Shapour Bakhtiar]], a reformist critic of his rule, as the new prime minister on 4 January 1979. Bakhtiar's government fell on 11 February and gave rise to the Islamic Republic and the creation of a new constitution.<ref name="MacroHistory: World History"/>

Article 79 of the [[Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran]] forbids the proclamation of martial law without the approval of the [[Islamic Consultative Assembly]].<ref>{{Citation|year=1989|title=Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran|article=Article 79|url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Iran_1989?lang=en#300|access-date=17 September 2017|quote=The proclamation of martial law is forbidden.}}</ref><ref name="WIPO">{{cite web |title=Iranian Constitution |url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/ir/ir001en.pdf |website=WIPO |access-date=November 25, 2018}}</ref>