Persepolis Jacob and Robbie By rkende3328 May 1, 1896 Nasser al-Din Shah dies, Marjane's great grandfather http://www.britannica.com/biography/Naser-al-Din-Shah Oct 31, 1925 Rexa Pahlavi was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Shah Aug 15, 1953 Iranian coup d'etat, overthrow of the prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27état Aug 1, 1978 The Iranian Revolution youtube cliphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution Jan 16, 1979 Shah flees the country and resides in Egypt youtube cliphttp://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/shah-flees-iran Sep 22, 1980 Iran–Iraq War began when Iraq invaded Iran via air and land https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War Feb 9, 1982 Hezbollah Targets Citizens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah Aug 20, 1988 The Iran-Iraq war ends https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War Mar 9, 2000 Original French Perepolis Published https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_%28comics%29 May 17, 2007 Persopolis won an award at The Cannes Film Festival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Cannes_Film_Festival
