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1953 Iranian coup d’état
1953 Iranian coup d’état was the overthrow of the prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh to strengthening the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The operation was constructed by the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution was based on a leader that the people did not like. This person's name was Shah, Shah was supported by the United States and demonstrations against Shah grew in 1979. Ever since then the country was hurting itself.
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Shah flees the country
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi is faced with an army mutiny and violent demonstrations against his rule. Citizens attacked banks, Liquor stores, and anything that was westernized in Iran, citizens destructed it then Shah fled the country after all the uprising against him.
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Fundamentalist students overrun the U.S. Embassy in Tehran
A diplomatic crisis between Iran and the Untied States. More then sixty diplomats were held hostage for 444 by a group of Muslim students took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
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Iraq invades Iran
Iraq invades Iran because they think the Iranian Revolutions chaos would inspire insurgency on the country. Iraq only made limited progress into Iran before they repelled and Iran quickly regained their lost land.
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Iran-Iraq 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.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.
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Liberation of Khorramshahr
The Iranian recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis. It is looked at as a turning point of the war. The liberation is now celebrated in Iran on its anniversery.
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Iraq Iran war ends
The Iran-Iraq war was an armed conflict between the islamic republic of Iran and Iraq republic from September 1980 to August 1988. This war followed a long history of border disputes.
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Persepolis published
An autobiographical graphic novel written by Marjane Satrapi about her life growing up during the Iranian Revolution. Orginally written in French the book has been translated into many diffrent languages.
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi280101145
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Cannes Film Festival 2007
Wong Kar-wai’s My Blueberry Nights opened the festival and Dennys Arcands The Age of Ignorance closed. Lebanon had to do with it as well. The film proved to be a sleeper at the festival and was distributed in well over 40 countries, becoming an international hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uHjagqQpxY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Cannes_Film_Festival
