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2003 Iranian Revolutionary Guard military flight crashes into the Sirach Mountains, killing 275

1997 Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80

1995 Mehdi Bazargan, director Iranian oil corp/premier (1979), dies at 86

1994 Iranian Fokker's F28 explode between Isfahan and Teheran: 66 killed

1989 Ayatalloh Ruhullah Khomeini, Iranian leader (-1989), dies at 89

1989 Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian ayatollah, dies at 89

1989 U.S. authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdee, author of "Satanic Rituals"

1988 U.S. Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290

1987 U.S. warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in Persian Gulf

1987 Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian aid of Ayatollah Khomeini, shot for treason

1987 Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed

1984 Iranian commandos end capture of Kuwaiti plane

1984 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq

1982 Iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar

1982 Iranian offensive in Khusistan

1980 Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Royalty

1980 Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos and police stormed the building

1980 Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London

1980 6 Iranian held U.S. hostages escape with help of Canadians

1979 Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)

1979 President Carter announces immediate halt to all imports of Iranian oil

1979 U.S. halts Iranian oil imports and freezes Iranian assets

1979 500 Iranian "students" seize U.S. embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days)

1979 Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini orders mass executions to stop

1979 Molla Mustafa Barzani, Iranian Kurd leader (KDP), dies at 75

1978 Iranian general Gholan Reza Azhari forms government

1978 Iranian Prime Minister Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

1978 Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U

1978 Iranian oil workers go on strike

1978 Iranian students occupies Iranian embassy at Wassenaar

1972 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars

1969 Marjane Satrapi, Iranian Artist

1964 Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf)

1939 Ayatollah Khamenei, Iranian Statesman

1934 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian Politician

1919 Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Royalty

1909 Mohammad Khatami, Iranian Philosopher


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