Persepolis Rowan and John By Rowan Your Boat May 1, 1896 Nasser al-Din Shah dies http://www.britannica.com/biography/Naser-al-Din-Shah Aug 15, 1953 1953 Iranian coup d'etat of prime minister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'état Apr 1, 1979 Iranian revolution of 1979 http://www.iranchamber.com/history/islamic_revolution/islamic_revolution.php Nov 4, 1979 US Embassy over run in Tehran Tehran US embassy overrun Sep 22, 1980 Iran-Iraq War begin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War Sep 22, 1980 The Battle of Khorramshahr was a major engagement between Iraq and Iran in the Iran-Iraq War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khorramshahr Oct 20, 1988 Iran-Iraq war ends Video link Dec 15, 1988 Iran-IraqWar Ends https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IranâIraq_War Aug 6, 1991 Shapur Bakhtiar's Grandfather dies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapour_Bakhtiar Feb 24, 2008 Persepolis was nominated for Oscars best animated film https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2008
