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In Austria
First outraged by the carelessness of young Europeans, who spit on society without knowing what war and suffering is, she finally manages to make friends with some people, from whom she will end up getting rid of. -
Firts romance
The time of his first sentimental discoveries and the appearance of other disappointments: the infidelity of the one he loved is one more element that deepens the fracture he feels between the two cultures in which he tries to make a place for himself. Coupled with loneliness and lack of affection, he sinks into a deep depression, and ends up waking up in a hospital after passing out in the middle of the street, after days of sleeping on the streets. -
Independence
In 1943, at the Tehran Conference, Great Britain, Russia and the US signed the Tehran Declaration, ratifying Iran's independence. The young Mohammad regained absolute power under the influence of the British. -
Marjane was Born
He was born in Iran, in a family of progressive tendency. For his maternal grandfather, who was Prime Minister of Iran under Reza Pahlavi. -
Islamic Revolution
Islamist's revolutionaries opposed the western secular policies of the authoritarian Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. -
Aunoches dies
Released at the beginning of the revolution, the new government will re-arrest him and he will later be executed on charges of spying for the Russian government. -
Battle of Khorramshahr
The First Battle of Jorramchar was a major battle between Iraq and Iran during the Iran–Iraq War in the city of Jorramchar, Khuzestan Province, Iran. The battle took place between September 22 and November 10, 1980, being one of the first of said conflict. Known for its brutality and violent conditions, the city is known to Iranians as "Juninshahr", which means City of Blood. -
Marjane flees Iran
Her parents sent her to Vienna to be safe from the war. She leaves Iran for a school in Austria -
Returns Iran
The war against Iraq is over but the country is in ruins and the regime remains as repressive as before. Marjane, very excited to be reunited with her family, her country and her bedroom, quickly discovers that she is considered a Westerner in her country, just as she was considered an Iranian in Europe, in a ghost town and a bedroom empty of many memories. -
Khomeini's death
After Khomeini's death in 1989, he was succeeded by Ali Khamenei, the current head of state, leaving the head of government open to elections every four years in which there has been a struggle between a reformist sector led by Muhammad Khatami and another conservative sector. -
Marjane definitely leaves Iran and goes to France.
Along with his friends from university, he invents an escape valve, behind closed doors, a space of freedom, life and identity. This space, of parties and secret meetings will not be enough for him and following the advice of his parents. -
His grandmother dies
An independent and open-minded woman, she comes from a noble family. She is proud of her origins, but, at the same time, she repudiates the Islamic fundamentalists and her determination to determine how people should live. The grandmother is the moral and emotional reference for Marjane since she was little and she tells her how she has to walk her path towards maturity -
The film
Based on the graphic novel Persepolis was released.