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1930-1955

  • 1935 - Persia is now known as iran
  • 1941 - The Shah's pro-Axis allegiance in World War II leads to the Anglo-Russian occupation of Iran and the deposition of the Shah in favour of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
  • 1950 - Ali Razmara becomes prime minister and is assassinated less than nine months later.
  • 1953 - Mossadeq is overthrown. General Fazlollah Zahedi is proclaimed as prime minister and the Shah returns.

1960-1980

1985-1995

  • 1963 - The Shah embarks on a campaign to modernise the country.
  • 1978 - The Shah's policies alienate the clergy and his authoritarian rule leads to riots, strikes and mass demonstrations. Martial law is imposed.
  • 1979 - The Islamic Republic of Iran is proclaimed following a referendum
  • 1980 - The Shah dies of cancer in Egypt.
  • 1988 - an Iran Air Airbus was shot down by accident the USS Vincennes.
  • 1989 - Ayatollah Khomeini issues a religious edict ordering Muslims to kill British author, Salman Rushdie.
  • 1990 - An earthquake strikes Iran, killing 40,000 people.

Iran Revolution Timeline of (1935-2003)

Seth Mercado

1996-2000

  • 1997 - Mohammad Khatami wins the presidential election
  • 1998 - Iran deploys thousands of troops on its border.
  • 1999 - Pro-democracy students at Tehran University demonstrate closure of the reformist newspaper 'Salam'.
  • 2000 - Majlis elections.

2001-2003

  • 2001 - President Khatami re-elected
  • 2002 - US President George Bush describes Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an "axis of evil.
  • 2003 - Thousands attend student-led protests in Tehran against clerical establishment.
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