Persepolis Colin and Colton By cmcmur5244 Oct 31, 1925 Reza Pahlavi successfully overthrows the Qajar Dynasty http://www.iranchamber.com/history/pahlavi/pahlavi.php Aug 19, 1953 Successful overthrow of the prime minister Mohammed Mossadegh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat Nov 22, 1969 Author of Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi, is born https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjane_Satrapi Oct 12, 1971 2500 aniversery celebration of the Persian Empire 2500 aniversery celebration of Persian empirehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,500_year_celebration_of_the_Persian_Empire Jan 16, 1979 The Mohammad Reza Shah was exiled from Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat Feb 1, 1979 Rubollah Khomeini returns to Iran from exile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini#Return_to_Iran Nov 4, 1979 Supporters of the Iranian Revolution took over 60 diplomatic american hostages from U.S. Embassy in Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis Sep 22, 1980 Iraq invades Iran via air and land https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War Aug 20, 1988 Iranian Iraq war ends https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IranâIraq_War Dec 25, 2007 Film adaptation of Persepolis is released Reza Pahlavi talks about the movie Persepolis on French TV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(film)
