 The National Front had its roots in a protest against ballot-rigging, where Mohammad Mosaddegh led a peaceful procession from his house to the Marble Palace on 15 October 1949, threatened to take sanctuary in a major mosque or shrine, and was eventually allowed into the palace with 19 other people, where they stayed for four days.The Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, eventually gave in and promised fair and honest elections.After the sit-in, the leaders of the protest formed the National Front and elected Mossadegh to be its chairman.