Name: ______Date: ______Sec.: ______
Timeline of Modern Iran
Instructions: Follow along with the PowerPoint in class, and complete the timeline of Modern Iran by filling in the blanks with the correct information.
1906 – First Persian Revolution succeeds in getting new powers for Iranian people: a new Constitution, a parliament, and other rights.
1925 – Reza Shah becomes the leader of Persia after getting rid of the Qajar family.
1935 – ______
1941 – After deciding to align with the Americans and British during World War II, the Russians and British begin an occupation of Iran. They get rid of Reza Shah and put in power his son Mohammed Reza Shah.
1951 – The British give the people new freedoms, like voting in elections again. Parliament votes to…
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1953 – With the help of the CIA and British intelligence, the elected Prime Minister of Iran, Mossadeq, is overthrown in a coup, and Mohammed Reza Shah returns to power.
1964 – The Shah begins a program called the ______
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January 1979 – The Iranian Revolution of 1979 begins, and the Shah is forced to flee into exile, and runs away to the ______. By April 1st, the Islamic fundamentalist and Shia cleric ______proclaims the country now the Islamic Republic of Iran.
November 1979 – 52 American hostages are taken hostage inside the US Embassy in Tehran. They demand the extradition of the Shah from the United States. He later died of cancer in Egypt in 1980.
January 1981 – ______
2002 – US President George W. Bush describes Iran as part of the ______
2015 – After nearly 20 years of sanctions from the United States and Europe, Iran agrees to a deal to suspend its program to enrich nuclear material (uranium) to build a nuclear bomb.
Iran Today – “Parts Unknown: Tehran”
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