Persepolis Brianna Garrisi & Mary Green 1/7/16

Marjane Satrapi born

Nov 22, 1969

(http://www.gradesaver.com/author/marjane-satrapi)
Iranian born French author, graphic novelist, director, and illustrator

Shah flees

Jan 16, 1979

(Image: http://iranpoliticsclub.net/history/answer-history/index.htm)
(http://www.iranchamber.com/history/islamic_revolution/islamic_revolution.php)
The Shah left Iran when faced with violent demonstartions against his rule, he live in exile in Egypt

Iranian Revolution

Feb 1, 1979

(http://www.iranchamber.com/history/islamic_revolution/islamic_revolution.php)
The conflict and tension truely began once Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran after living in exile in Iraq.

Shah Reza Pahlavi

Oct 16, 1979

(Image:https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoHh0AZIk9Y)

Iran Hostage Crisis

Nov 4, 1979

(Image: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/525737622174171138)
(http://www.history.com/topics/iran-hostage-crisis)
A group of Iranian students overran the US Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages in protest to Americas interfernece with their buisness

Iraq-Iran War begins

Sep 22, 1980

(http://www.history.com/topics/iran-iraq-war)
Iraq invade Iran

Iran-Iraq War ends

Aug 20, 1988

(http://muftah.org/attacking-iran-lessons-from-the-iran-iraq-war/#.VpOwTaThLdA)

Persepolis

Mar 31, 2003

(http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/persepolis-the-story-of-a-childhood)
Original French Persepolis Published

Cannes Film Festival

May 27, 2007

(http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/2007)
Persepolis was one of the Jury Prize Winners