Persepolis(Christine and Eesha pd 5) By ckim5119 Oct 31, 1925 Reza Pahlvi takes the throne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Shah http://www.npr.org/2007/02/12/7351110/profiles-key-individuals-in-the-shia-sunni-divide Aug 15, 1935 The overthrow of the Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh - Iranian coup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat Jan 16, 1979 Iranian Revolution ended to overthrow the Phalvi Dynasty and was supported by United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution http://www.taghribnews.com/vglayene.49no64hkt6g14.,.html Jan 16, 1979 Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the leader of Iran since 1941, is forced to flee the country. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/shah-flees-iran https://sekcastillohistory20.wordpress.com/tag/shiite/ Period: Jan 16, 1979 to Jun 3, 1989 Atyatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was an Iranian Shia Muslim religious leader, revolutionary, politician, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution http://www.biography.com/people/ayatollah-ruhollah-khomeini-13680544#political-and-religious-leader Sep 22, 1980 Iran-Iraq war begins Video on Iran-Iraq war http://wars.findthedata.com/l/65/Iran-Iraq-War May 24, 1982 Iranian recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_of_Khorramshahr Jul 1, 1988 The Iran-Iraq war ends http://www.history.com/topics/iran-iraq-war http://alevelpolitics.com/pressure-groups-uk/ Period: Jan 1, 2000 to Jan 1, 2003 original work (PERSEPOLIS) in four volumes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_%28comics%29 May 16, 2007 Persepolis won at the Cannes festival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Cannes_Film_Festival http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/tv-broadcast-of-persepolis-divides-tunisians/ Oct 31, 2016 2500th anniversary of Cyrus' founding of the Persian Empire http://www.aryamehr.org/eng/pers/2a.htm
