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Reza Khan's Coup
Reza Khan takes over the Iranian government. -
Reza Khan Officially Shah
Reza Khan is Officially announced Shah! -
Persia-Iran
Persia is officially renamed Iran! -
Shah overthrown briefly
The shah was overthrown briefly and The U.S. and the U.K. helped get the shah back in rule. -
Islamic Revolution
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The people of Iran overthrew the Shah's non-relligious (secular) government and established the Islamic republic of Iran. -
Iran-Iraq War
There are three things that distinguish the Iran-Iraq War. one, it lasted longer than any world war. Two, both sides had supplies that were from other countries. (Iraq had a small advantage.) Third, it was seriously violent, they used chemical weapons. -
Salmen Rushdie
Iran's Relligious leader decided Salmen Rushdie's book the Satanic Verses was non-islam, so he put a fatwa (death order) on Salmen for $3,000,000. -
Ayatollah Khomeini's death
Ayatollah Khomeini died on june 3, 1989. He was 86 yrs old. -
Hassan Rouhani elected
Hassan Rouhani was elected in 1997 as president of Iran. -
Protests against election results
People protested against election results, they thought the results were rigged.
