Iran: 1900-Present

By mddonahue2013

  • Britain supports Zionism

    Britain supports Zionism

  • Jewish People Claim Palestine

  • Recieve League of Nations Mandate Over Palestone

  • 500,000 Jews in Palestine

  • Britian Limits Jewish Immigration to Palestine

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    6 million Jews Murdered by Nazi Germany

  • Period: to

    Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Ruled Iran

  • Israel Claimed Independece

  • Arab League Founded

  • Britian Turned the Palestine Problem over to UN Gerneral Assembly

  • Israel Proclaimed Independence

  • Period: to

    Isreali War for Indepence

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    Israeli War for Independence

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    Arab Hostility

  • Sinai Compaign

  • Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

  • Palestine Liberation Organization Founded

  • Arab-Israeli War

  • Nasser Died

  • Arab Terroists murder 11 Israeli Olympic Athletes/Coaches

  • Sadat Orders Soviet Military Persoanell to leave Egypt

  • Arab-Israeli War

  • Geneva Peace Conference

  • Arab's Support PLO

  • Lebanon Civil War Began

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    Lebanon Civil War

  • Syria Sends 15,000 tropops to Lebanon

  • Sadat Visited Israel

  • PLO attacks Israel

  • Israel Invades Lebanon

  • THE Camp David Conference

  • Israeli Bash Egyption Peace Treaty

  • The Shah (ruler of Iran) entered the US for surgery and Treatment of Cancer

    Iran militants occupied America and seized more than 50 Americans as hostages demanding the Shah to be sent back to Iran.

  • The Syrian-Soviet Treaty

  • President Carter Ordered a Military Mission to Save hostages-which failed killing eight men

  • Iranian Parliament propsed to free the hostages under certain conditions.

  • Saddam Hussein-president of Iraq-canceled an attack on Iran

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    The Iran-Iraq War

  • Israei Raid on Iraqi Reactor

  • Assassination of Egyption President Sadat

  • United States Sale od AWACS to Saudi Arabia

  • Isreali Annexation of the Golan Heights

  • The Hostages were released and sent home.

  • Israel Invadades Lebanon Driving out PLO supportors.

  • Israel invades Lebanon (AGAIN)

  • Iranians mounted a counteroffense driving Iraqi forces back

  • Syria Drieves out rest of PLO

  • Suicide Bombings to US and French Military Camps

  • President Reagan Withdraws US Forces from Middle East

  • israeli Troop Withdraws from Lebanon

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    John M. Poindexter was the head of the NSC

  • President Reagan secretly approved United States arm sailes to Iran

  • The Palestinians began the intifadah

  • Iraqi fired a missile at the U.S. frigate Stark killing 37 sailors

  • President Reagan sent warships to the Persian Gulf to Escort Kuwaiti Tankers

  • Palestine Independant State

  • Peace Treaty is proposed between Israel and Palestine and U.S talks to PLO

  • U.S. shot down an Iranian civilian airliner killing 290 people.

  • The UN arranged a ceasefire

  • New Constitution for Lebanon Ending the Civil War

  • Ayatikkah Khomeini (Iran President) died

  • Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani became president of Iran

  • Shaky Peace

  • Iraq invaded Kuwait

  • Oliver North was convicted of obstructing Congress.

  • John Poindexter was convicted of obstructing Congress and making false statements to Congress

  • John Poindexter appealed and his conviction was reversed.

  • Middle East Peace Treaty Between Israel and Arabs in Madrid, Spain

  • Congress agreed to support military action against Iraq

  • Operation Desert Storm Began

  • The U.S. achieved victory over the Iraqi Army

  • Likud Became President

  • Israel and Palestine signed an Accord in Washington, D.C.

  • Jordan Declared It's End of War Against Israel

  • Jordan and Israel signed a peace accord

  • Israel and the PLO signed an Accord