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Iranian Revolution
started and ended in February 1979 -
Shah
forced to leave Iran after widespread strikes -
Islamic leader Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini
returns and take power -
Hostage Crisis
Iran students hold 63 US hostages in Tehran -
Iran invasion
Iran-Iraq war -
Iran releases
52 hostages after holding them for 444 days -
All hostages released
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Revolutionary leader
Khomeini dies -
Iran criticizes US
for regional inference and Gulf War -
International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA)
IAEA inspectors visit Iran's uranium mines -
US President Clinton
imposes oil and trade sanctions, accusing Iran of sponsoring terrorism and seeking nuclear arms -
Mohammad Khatami
wins the presidential election with 70% of vote -
Earthquake
occurred in South-East of Iran killing 40,000 people -
Anti-Western Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
elected President of Iran -
Ahmadinejad reelected
in contentious election, thousands of Iranians take to the streets in largest mass protests since the Iranian Revolution
