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| 1 | 1933 | - 1933: Irans's Tenth Majlis 1933 - 1935+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
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| 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
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| 3 | 1937 | - 1937: Irans's Twelfth Majlis 1937 - 1939+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
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| 4 | 1939 | - 1939: Irans's Thirteenth Majlis 1939 - 1941+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
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| 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+/-
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| 6 | 1944 | - 1944: Fifteenth Majlis 1944 - 1947+/-
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| 7 | 1947 | - 1947: Irans's Sixteenth Majlis 1947 - 1950+/-
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| 8 | 1950 | - 1950: Irans's Seventeenth Majlis 1950 - 1953+/-
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| 9 | 1951 | - 1951: Muhammad Mossadeq and second constitutional revolution
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| 10 | 1953 | - 1953: Shah flees to Rome, but is reinstalled with American CIA help
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| 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.
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| 12 | 1963 | - 1963: "White Revolution" incenses clergy; Ayatollah Khomeini is jailed for first time
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| 13 | 1964 | - 1964: Khomeini released from jail; promptly resumes criticism of Shah and SOFA
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| 14 | 1971 | - 1971: celebration of 2,500 years of empire at Persepolis
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| 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
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| 16 | 1980 | - 22 Sep 1980: Saddam Hussein and Iraq invade Iran
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| 17 | 1981 | - 20 Jan 1981: American hostages released
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