Events
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
returns to Iran after 14 years
of exile for exposing the regimeThe Islamic Republic of
Iran is now following a
referendum.52 Americans are taken hostage
in the embassy of tehran by
islamists. Their demand was that
the shah face trial in iranAbolhasan Bani-Sadr is elected
president of the Islamic
RepublicThe Shah dies of cancer in EgyptSome
event
happenedStart of Iran/Iraq warAmerican hostages are releasedBani-Sadr is dismissedIran Air Airbus is mistakenly
shot down by the USS Vincennes.Iran accepts a ceasefire agreement with IraqAyatollah Khomeini diesA major earthquake strikes
Iran, killing approximately
40,000 peoplePresident Khatami re-electedRussian technicians begin construction
of Iran's first nuclear reactorUN Security Council deadline
for Iran to halt its work on nuclear
2fuel passes
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