2003 Earthquake kills more than 30,000 in Bam, Iran
2002 Earthquake kills at least 260 in western Iran
2002 Iran Air Tours flight 956 crashes into a mountain in Iran killing 119
2002 In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush likens Iraq, Iran and North Korea to an 'axis of evil'
1995 Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48
1995 Mansour Satari, brig-gen/commandant (Iran Air Force), dies at 46
1994 Muhammad Ali Araki, ayatollah of Iran, dies
1994 Bomb attack on Islamic temple in Mashad Iran, 70 killed
1994 Lebanon drops relations with Iran
1994 Taleb Ali al-Suheil, Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at 64
1994 Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan, 32 killed
1993 Muhammad Reza Golpayegani, ayatollah of Iran, dies
1993 Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed
1993 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani re-elected president of Iran
1993 Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered
1992 Ali Amini, PM of Iran (1961-62), dies
1991 Shapur Bahktiar, PM of Iran (1979), assassinated
1991 Shapour Bakhtiar, premier Iran (1979), dies in Paris
1991 Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years
1990 Salman Rushdie, author, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for 1st time in 2 years
1990 Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq
1990 50,000 die in a 7.6 earthquake in Iran
1989 Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran Kurds leader, murdered
1989 Iran protests sale of "Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie
1989 Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Rushdie's book
1989 Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1M-$3M bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses"
1988 Iran and Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war
1988 Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war
1988 U.S. Vincennes in Strait of Hormoez shoots Iran Airbus A300, kills 290
1988 Iran says Iraq uses poison gas in the war
1987 Iran and France breaks diplomatic relations
1987 President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran
1986 Iran offensive against Iraqi islands of Shatt al-Arab
1986 U.S. president Reagan confesses weapon sales to Iran
1986 Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra reveals secret U.S. arms sales to Iran
1986 Car bomb kills 20 in Tehran, Iran
1986 Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao
1986 Iran begins Fajr-8 offensive against Iraq
1985 Israel ships 96 TOWs to Iran on behalf of US
1985 Iraqi air raid on Iran oil-island Kharg
1984 Iran offensive against Iraq fails
1984 Iraq resumes air attack on Iran
1982 Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iran's former foreign minister, executed in Iran
1982 Iran "Ramadan-offensive" in Iraq
1982 Iran minister of Foreign affairs Ghotbzadeh arrested
1982 Iran offensive against Iraq
1981 Ali Chamenei elected president of Iran
1981 Ayatollah Ali Qoddusi, prosecutor-general of Iran, assassinated
1981 Mohammad Ali Rajai, president of Iran, assassinated by a bomb
1981 Mohammad Javad Bahonar, prime minister of Iran, assassinated by a bomb
1981 Iran ex-president Bani Sadr flees to Paris
1981 Mohammed Ali Rajai elected president of Iran
1981 Mohammed Hussein Beheshti, Iran ayatollah/politician, murdered
1981 74 government officials die in attack in Iran
1981 Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, Iran Islamic Rep Party founder, bombed
1981 Iran president Bani Sadr deposed
1981 Mudjahedin uprises against Iran regime
1981 3 Anglican missionaries detained in Iran since Aug 1980 are released
1981 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US
1981 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days freed
1981 US and Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages
1981 Iran accepts U.S. offer of $7.9 billion in frozen assets
1980 Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds
1980 Iran requests $24 billion in U.S. guarantees to free hostages
1980 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran
1980 Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
1980 Iraqi troops cross Iran's border, encircling Abadan
1980 Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway
1980 Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins
1980 Mohammed Ali Radjai appointed premier of Iran
1980 Failed attack on Iran ex-premier Bakhtiar in Neuilly, France
1980 American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran
1980 Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I. Queen
1980 Iran rejects a call to World Court to release U.S. hostages
1980 Iran begins scattering U.S. hostages from U.S. Embassy
1980 Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran
1980 U.S. military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die
1980 Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis
1980 ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline"
1980 Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt
1980 U.S. appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran
1980 Bani Sadr sworn in as premier of Iran
1980 Bani Sadr elected president of Iran
1979 Deposed Shah of Iran leaves U.S. for Panama
1979 World Court in Hague rules Iran should relase all U.S. hostages
1979 Prince Chahryar Shafik, Shah of Iran's nephew, murdered in Paris
1979 Iran accepts constitution
1979 ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage
1979 ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to "Nightline")
1979 Ayatolla Khomeini takes over in Iran
1979 Iran government of Bazargan resigns
1979 Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares U.S. The Great Satan
1979 63 Americans taken hostage at U.S. Embassy (Teheran, Iran)
1979 Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in New York for medical treatment
1979 Iran army occupies Piranshahr
1979 Iran army conquerors Baneh
1979 Iran army conquerors Mahabad
1979 Iran army opens offensive against Kurds
1979 Iran Ayatollah Khomeini demands Saint War against Kurds
1979 Iran press censors start massive book burnings
1979 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah
1979 Battles between Kurds and Iranians break in Sananday Iran
1979 Nematullah Nassiri, Iran general/head of Savak, executed
1979 Mehdi Rahimi, Iran general/milt governor of Teheran, executed
1979 Iran's premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power
1979 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile
1979 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran
1979 Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt
1978 Iran shah names Chapour Bakhtiar premier
1978 Shah of Iran, asks Shapour Bahktiar to form a civilian government
1978 Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule
1978 Khomeini followers attack British embassy/El Al office in Iran
1978 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Tabar Iran
1978 Ja'afar Sharif-Emami appointed premier of Iran
1978 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran
1977 President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran
1974 Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran)
1974 Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran
1974 Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out
1972 Tami Stronach, born in Teheran, Iran, actress, Neverending Story
1968 12,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran
1967 Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne
1965 Pakistan, Iran and Turkey sign Regional Co-Operation pact
1963 State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested
1962 12,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran
1961 Matt Ghaffari, Tehran Iran, U.S. greco-roman wrestler, Oly-sil-92, 96
1960 Reza Pahlavi, Iran, son of Shah of Iran
1960 Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia and Venezuela form OPEC
1959 Iran and U.S. sign economic / military treaty
1954 Hussein Fatemi, Iran Foreign minister, executed
1954 200 pilgrims drown in Farahzad Iran rain storm flood
1951 British begins economic boycott of Iran
1951 Ali Razmara, Shah of Iran (1950-51), assassinated
1951 Shah Ali Razmara, of Iran, assassinated
1941 Shah of Iran abdicates throne to his son Reza Pahlawi
1941 English and Russian troops attack pro-German Iran
1940 Bijan, born in Iran, mens apparel designer, Beverly Hills, New York City, London
1935 Persia officially renamed Iran
1934 Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran
1932 David Alliance, Iran/British textile factory/multi-millionaire
1925 Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rexa Shah Pahlavi takes over
1925 Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar
1925 Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran
1921 Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran
1919 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Aryamehr, Shah of Iran, 1941-79
1919 Doris Lessing, Kermanshah Iran, novelist, Golden Notebook
1906 Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy
1903 Molla Mustafa Barzani, Iran, Kurd leader, KDP
1878 Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], shah of Iran
1850 Bab, [Baha'i prophet] executed in Tabriz Iran
1487 Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah
1079 Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar
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