2035 Persian Coup d'état attempt

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The **2035 Persian Coup d'état attempt** was an attempted coup against the government of President Geena Kulmuni from March 17 - March 26, 2035 by forces loyal to former Prime Minister Muhammed Abdulla, although thanks to multi-party intervention the coup failed, resulting in Leader of the Opposition Hassen Ahmed being appointed as Prime Minister in order to help ease tensions during the 2034-35 Persian Constitutional Crisis.

Following a year of conflict with the Bovido Imperium during the Conquest of Africa, the Persian Republic found itself embattled, having lost Prime Minister Emanuel Parra during the Raid on Nupersia in November 2033, the government of President Geena Kulmuni began to attempt to centralise power to the executive branch in order to deal with the war. Citing Article IV of the 2024 Persian Constitution, on October 7, 2034 President Kulmuni refused to call elections in November 2034 and instead expanded her presidential term using legally dubious means, resulting in a constitutional crisis and a split within her own political party as former backbench members of the Persian Congress began to call for new elections to be held. As plans for the Shanghai Pact began to be drawn up in late 2034, President Kulmuni began to syphon power to the organisation's Coordination Council in early 2035, resulting in further protests against the executive office.

With opposition being led by Union for Persia leader Hassen Ahmed, the government of President Geena Kulmuni and Prime Minister Muhammed Abdulla found itself under intense scrutiny in February 2035 as Ahmed led parliament to formally call for new presidential elections. Following a flurry of senators defecting from the Progressive party on March 1st, Prime Minister Abdulla resigned his office and dismissed his Council of Ministers and joined with the opposition in calling for the removal of Kulmuni, orchestrating a build-up in militias around the capital city of Dubai. On March 17, 2035 following street battles with government security forces, Muhammed Abdulla proclaimed an alliance of militias known as the United Front and declared himself to be the rightful president, as mob forces backed by defected members of the army overran the city of Dubai and forced President Geena Kulmuni to flee the capital, retreating to Abu Dhabi where she began to coordinate a national response to the group.

Ultimately despite his opposition to president Kulmuni, opposition leader Hassen Ahmed led members of the former Persian Congress to denounce the militias and mobs who had overrun the capital, mobilising the army to retake the city. As street fighting overran the capital city, Ahmed created his own Council of Ministers to lead the government response to the crisis, whilst President Geena Kulmuni returned back to the city on March 23rd, 2035. Upon her return and the final elimination of the United Front on the 26th, Hassen Ahmed was appointed as prime minister to form a coalition government, whilst negotiations between Ahmed and Kulmuni opened as to how to resolve the crisis, with General Secretary Stanford Newman of the Shanghai Pact acting as a mediator to allow for talks to work effectively. Ultimately on August 15, 2035, President Kulmuni and Prime Minister Ahmed signed a transition agreement which allowed Kulmuni to remain in place until elections were held on November 17 of the same year, in which she was not allowed to run again as president. With both Libirachi leaders Penny Fox and Karyn Voor as well as President Kulmuni realising their power over the Persian Republic was slipping, Kulmuni negotiated the Persian Republic's full entry into the Shanghai Pact's Coordination Council, signing over all international and defence policy control over to General Secretary Stanford Newman, a puppet of the Beijing administration, before herself standing for election as General Secretary in November 2035, assuming control of the Coordination Council on November 20, 2035, just 3 days after loosing her presidency of Persia.