Persepolis by Edward Allen Bartley and Minho (Simon) Kim By minward Period: Jan 1, 1890 to Jan 1, 2010 Iran revelution May 1, 1896 Naser al-Din Shah Qajar was assassinated by Mirza Reza Kermani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naser_al-Din_Shah_Qajar Oct 31, 1925 Reza Shah loses power after collapse of the qajar dynasty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Shah Aug 18, 1953 The 1953 Iranian coup d'état was the overthrow of the Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat Nov 22, 1969 Marjane Satrapi was born on 22 November 1969. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjane_Satrapi Jan 16, 1979 The Shah flees Iran and goes to Egypt because his people are against him http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/shah-flees-iran Feb 11, 1979 The Iranian Revelution overthrew Reza Shah Shah Flees on newshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution Sep 1, 1980 The Iran iraq war starts because of Border disputes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IranâIraq_War Aug 20, 1988 Iran Iraq war ends with a stalemate Videos from the warhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IranâIraq_War Oct 5, 2002 Persepolis french verzion is first printed out The movie Persepolishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_%28film%29 May 16, 2007 The 60th cannes film festival takes place https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Cannes_Film_Festival