Iran Timeline By Haris Vohra
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Updated: 12 Nov 2017
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Created byHaris Ahmad Vohra
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The Iranian Shah along with his family, are forced into exile.Iran-Iraq War would go on for the next eight years.Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani becomes the new president of Iran.Massive earthquake kills 40,000 in IranAyatolla orders to kill a British man named Salman Rushdie for writing a book.Mohammad Khatami gains 70% of the national vote during the election and becomes president.Students from Tehran University protested against the government after the government closed the newspaper "Salam"The government shuts down sixteen newspapers due to a new law regarding the press.George Bush calls Iran, Iraq, and North Korea the "axis of evil" which lead to Iranians becoming furious.Iran temporarily stops its uranium enrichment program and allows the UN to inspect its facilities to confirm it, the IAEA concluded that there was no more evidence of the program.Shirin Ebadi wins the first Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize and was Iran's first female judge in 1975.The US decides to sweep new sanctions on Iran.Iranian police stop a human rights group which was being led by Shirin Ebadi stating that it is an illegal political group.President Mahmoud said that he is ready to talk to the US as long as they have mutual respect.Countries across the world agree to limit Iranian nuclear activity if sanctions on Iran are reduced.
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