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Start of Pahlavi dynasty
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Marjane Satrapi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjane_Satrapi Satrapi was born in Rasht and grew up in Tehran in a middle-class Iranian family.[3] Her well-to-do parents were highly educated members of an urbanized stratum of Iranian society. Satrapi is related to the Qajar Dynasty through her maternal grandfather, a prince of the dynasty who was imprisoned for a time after his family was overthrown. -
shah flees the country and resides in egypt
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/shah-flees-iran Faced with an army mutiny and violent demonstrations against his rule, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the leader of Iran since 1941, is forced to flee the country. Fourteen days later, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the spiritual leader of the Islamic revolution, returned after 15 years of exile and took control of Iran. -
Aside from ridding the country of the monarchy Iran's revolution also set off a series of events that triggered several conflicts in the region starting with Iraq's attack on Iran.
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iran iraq war begins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War The Iran–Iraq War began when Iraq invaded Iran via air and land on 22 September 1980. It followed a long history of border disputes, and was motivated by fears that the Iranian Revolution in 1979 would inspire insurgency among Iraq's long-suppressed Shia majority, as well as Iraq's desire to replace Iran as the dominant Persian Gulf state. -
LIberation of khorramshahr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_of_Khorramshahr The Liberation of Khorramshahr was the Iranian recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis on 24 May 1982 during the Iran–Iraq War. -
The Iran-Iraq war was over Islamic religion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Iraq lasting from September 1980 to August 1988, making it the 20th century's longest conventional war. -
Persopolis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(comics) Persepolis is an autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi depicting her childhood up to her early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. The title is a reference to the ancient capital of the Persian Empire, Persepolis. -
2007 Cannes Film Festival
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Cannes_Film_Festival The 2007 Cannes Film Festival, the sixtieth, ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. Wong Kar-wai's My Blueberry Nights opened the festival. -
1953 Iranian coup d'etat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup, was the overthrow of the Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favour of strengthening the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on 19 August 1953
