▁dedicated ▁to ▁establish ing ▁an ▁Islam ic ▁state ▁in ▁Ira q , ▁was ▁formed . ▁Relig ious ▁process ions ▁during ▁the ▁M our ning ▁of ▁Mu har ram ▁in ▁the ▁shr ine ▁cities ▁turned ▁into ▁political ▁protest s . ▁Five ▁members ▁of ▁al - D awa ▁were ▁executed ▁after ▁ri ots ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁eight ▁Sh ia ▁were ▁executed ▁after ▁more ▁ri ots . ▁ ▁The ▁Iran ian ▁Revolution ▁intens ified ▁un rest ▁and ▁repr ession . ▁In ▁June ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁Ay atol lah ▁Muhammad ▁Ba q ir ▁al - S adr ▁was ▁arrested ▁and ▁placed ▁under ▁house ▁arrest . ▁Less ▁than ▁a ▁year ▁later , ▁after ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁assass inate ▁S add am ▁Hus sein , ▁S adr ▁was ▁executed . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Council ▁for ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁Revolution ▁in ▁Ira q ▁was ▁formed ▁in ▁Iran ▁by ▁Ira qi ▁cler ic ▁Moh amm ad ▁Ba q ir ▁al - H ak im ▁as ▁an ▁um bre lla ▁group ▁to ▁over throw ▁Ira q ' s ▁Sun ni - domin ated ▁regime . ▁In ▁Iran , ▁H ak im ▁attempted ▁to ▁un ite ▁and ▁co - ordinate ▁the ▁activities ▁of ▁al - ▁D awa ▁party ▁and ▁other ▁major ▁Sh ia ▁groups : ▁P ey kar ▁( a ▁guer illa ▁organization ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁Iran ian ▁M uj ah ide en ) ▁and ▁the ▁J ama ' at ▁al ▁' U