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Revolution and War
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Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi went into exile
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charismatic Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran from exile in Frnace.
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revolutionary forces under Khomeini seize power after his return
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Iran became an Islamic republic
The Ayatollah Khomeini became supreme leader of Iran, new populist economic policies were launched, most of Iranian industry was nationalized, Western cultural and political influences were rejected and banned, and the legal and education systems were Islamicized. -
prominent Iranians executed
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Iran Hostage Crisis begins
52 Americans were helf hostage from that day, after a group of Islamist students took over the American Embassy in Tehran supporting the Iranian Revolution. -
Khomeini became absolute ruler for life.
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the Muslim People's Republican Party banned
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shah died
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First President
Abulhassan Banisadr became the first president, receiving 78.9 percent of the vote in the election. -
the United States broke diplomatic relations with Iran
The hostage crisis not only contributed to the political standing of Khomeini, but further undermined the trouble Carter presidency in the United States, which broke diplomatic relations with Iran in April 1980 (they have never been renewed) -
Iraq launched a surprise attack to Iran.
The war began when Iraq invaded Iran on 22 September 1980 following a long history of border disputes and fears of Shia insurgency among Iraq's long-suppressed Shia majority influenced by the Iranian Revolution.
Although Iraq hoped to take advantage of revolutionary chaos in Iran and attacked without formal warning, they made only limited progress into Iran and within several months & were repelled by the Iranians who regained virtually all lost territory by June 1982. For the next six years, I -
Release of American Hostages
Americans taken captive during the Iran Hostage Crisis become released just minutes after Ronald Regan was sworn into office. -
President goes into Exile
Abulhassan Banisadr goes into exile, after he became hugely unpopular, based on 'too liberal' believes. -
2nd President
Mohammad-Ali Rajai becomes the second president and the first president from the Islamic Republican Party after winning 91% of the votes during the elecion. -
President's Assasination
During a meeting, a trusted aide (according to eyewitnesses) brought in a briefcase, that was placed inbetween the President and the Prime Minister. Another person opened the case, triggering a bomb that set the room ablaze and killed Rajai, Bahonar, and three others. -
New Prime Minister
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani becomes Prime Minister. He is the first cleric Prime Minister. He served under Mohammad-Ali Rajai. -
3rd President
Ali Khamenei was elected president, reseaving 95% of the votes and became the first cleric to serve in the office. In his presidential inaugural address Seyyed Ali Khamenei vowed to eliminate "deviation, liberalism, and American-influenced leftists"
As president, he had a reputation of being deeply interested in the military, budget and administrative details
