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Mary Pownell

Female 1932 - 1984  (52 years)

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   Date  Event(s)
1 1933 
  • 1933: Irans's Tenth Majlis 1933 - 1935+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
2 1935 
  • 1935: Reza Shah changed Country's name from "Persia" to "Iran"
  • 1935: Reza Shah moves against religious authority; wearing of veil banned in 1935
  • 1935: Troops massacre hundreds of protestors in Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad
  • 1935: Irans's Eleventh Majlis 1935 - 1937+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
3 1937 
  • 1937: Irans's Twelfth Majlis 1937 - 1939+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
4 1939 
  • 1939: Irans's Thirteenth Majlis 1939 - 1941+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
5 1941 
  • 1941: End of Reza Shah rule 1925 - 1941
  • 1941: Pahlavi Dynasty: Beginning of Muhammad Reza Shah rule 1941 - 1979
  • 1941: Irans's Fourteenth Majlis 1941 - 1944+/-
6 1944 
  • 1944: Fifteenth Majlis 1944 - 1947+/-
7 1947 
  • 1947: Irans's Sixteenth Majlis 1947 - 1950+/-
8 1950 
  • 1950: Irans's Seventeenth Majlis 1950 - 1953+/-
9 1951 
  • 1951: Muhammad Mossadeq and second constitutional revolution
10 1953 
  • 1953: Shah flees to Rome, but is reinstalled with American CIA help
11 1961 
  • 1961: During the 21st Majlis elections (1961), women for the first time obtained suffrage right and six women were elected to the parliament.
12 1963 
  • 1963: "White Revolution" incenses clergy; Ayatollah Khomeini is jailed for first time
13 1964 
  • 1964: Khomeini released from jail; promptly resumes criticism of Shah and SOFA
14 1971 
  • 1971: celebration of 2,500 years of empire at Persepolis
15 1979 
  • 1979: Pahlavi Dynasty Ended
  • 1979: Pahlavi Dynasty: End of Muhammad Reza Shah rule 1941 - 1979
  • 1979: Shah flees Jan 16; Khomeini arrives Feb. 1; Islamic Revolution begins
  • 1979: Islamic Revolution and Establishment of Islamic Republic
  • 14 Feb 1979: First seizure of US Embassy: Feb. 14, 1979 -- militants retreat
  • 14 Nov 1979: Seizure of US Embassy: Nov 4, 1979 after Shah admitted to US for treatment
16 1980 
  • 22 Sep 1980: Saddam Hussein and Iraq invade Iran
17 1981 
  • 20 Jan 1981: American hostages released

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