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Plot for 9/11 is presented to Osama bin Laden
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed presented the idea to attack the United States to Osama bin Laden sometime in 1996. -
Pres. Carter Strained relations with Iran
Carter was more out spoken about the criticism of the Shah's government. -
The Islamic Revolution Begins
This is the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Rhomeini. -
Occupation of the American Embassy in Tehran
On November 4 1979 muslin students who fallowed imam’s line occupied the American embassy in Tehran and took U.S. diplomats hostage. 52 U.S. diplomats were held hostage for 444 days. -
Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan because the Soviet Union expected to prop up the Afghan communists. -
Iraq-Iran War begins
The war began when Iraq invaded Iran on 22 September 1980 following a long history of border disputes and fears of Shia preasants among the Shia influenced by the Iranian Rvolution. Iraq hoped to take advantage of the mess in Iran and attacked without formal warning. -
US sells weapons to Iran
In order to release hostages, the United States sold weapons to Iran. -
The Iran-Contar scandal breaks out in the United States
Senior US figures agreed to facilitate the sale of arms to Iran to secure the release of hostages and to fund Nicaroguan contras. -
Al-Qaeda founded
Al-Qaeda was founded at a mujahedin camp in Afghanistan -
Toward the End of the War
July 3, 1988 towards the end of the Iraq-Iran War the U.S. Navy shot down the Airbase A300B2 of Iran killing 290 peaple and 66 children. -
Iraq Invades Kuwait
Iraq invaded Kuait because they were in dispute over oil fields. -
The U.S has sanctions and fly over monitoring of Iraq
The U.S had spy planes fly over Iraq to protect the concerned citizens. The citizens were worried about the goverment surpressing their needs as citizens, from air raids. -
US sends troop to Iraq
The United States sent troops to Iraq as a part of Desert Shield and Desert Storm because Iraq invaded Kuwait. -
Trade Stops
April 1995 a total embargo on dealings with Iran by U.S. companies was imposed by U.S. president Clinton. Trade with the U.S. , which had been growing following the end of the Iran–Iraq War, ended abruptly. -
Attack plot on U.S. is Approved
Late 1998 or early 1999 Osama bin Laden approved the plan to attack the United States. -
Terrorist attacks on the United States
On the morning of September 11, 2001 19 hijackers took over 4 commercial airplanes in the United States. The terrorists successfully hit three of their four targets, the World Trade Center's Tower 1 and Tower 2, and the Pentagon were all hit. The final plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania their intended target is suspected to be either the U.S. Capital or the White House. 2,993 people died, the people who died were from over 90 different countries. Over 6,921 people were injured. -
The U.S sends troops to Afghanistan
Troops were sent into Afghanistan in retalliation to the Taliban attacks on 9/11 -
U.S sends troops to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom
To protect citizens from danger, and to relive the country of its alleged terroists and weapons of mass distruction. -
International Observers Monitor Iraq and its Weapons Programs
Before the incasion of Iraq, the U.S clamied that there were weapons of mass destruction that were threats to the country. -
The Shah leave
The shah left Iran for exile in mid-January 1979, and two weeks later Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Tehran