Persepolis Colin and Colton

Reza Pahlavi successfully overthrows the Qajar Dynasty

Oct 31, 1925

http://www.iranchamber.com/history/pahlavi/pahlavi.php

Successful overthrow of the prime minister Mohammed Mossadegh.

Aug 19, 1953

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

Author of Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi, is born

Nov 22, 1969

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjane_Satrapi

2500 aniversery celebration of the Persian Empire

Oct 12, 1971

2500 aniversery celebration of Persian empirehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,500_year_celebration_of_the_Persian_Empire

The Mohammad Reza Shah was exiled from Iran

Jan 16, 1979

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

Rubollah Khomeini returns to Iran from exile

Feb 1, 1979

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini#Return_to_Iran

Supporters of the Iranian Revolution took over 60 diplomatic american hostages from U.S. Embassy in Iran

Nov 4, 1979

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis

Iraq invades Iran via air and land

Sep 22, 1980

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War

Iranian Iraq war ends

Aug 20, 1988

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IranâIraq_War

Film adaptation of Persepolis is released

Dec 25, 2007

Reza Pahlavi talks about the movie Persepolis on French TV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(film)