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| 1 | 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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| 2 | 1963 | - 1963: "White Revolution" incenses clergy; Ayatollah Khomeini is jailed for first time
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| 3 | 1964 | - 1964: Khomeini released from jail; promptly resumes criticism of Shah and SOFA
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| 4 | 1971 | - 1971: celebration of 2,500 years of empire at Persepolis
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| 5 | 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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| 6 | 1980 | - 22 Sep 1980: Saddam Hussein and Iraq invade Iran
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| 7 | 1981 | - 20 Jan 1981: American hostages released
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| 8 | 1988 | - 3 Jul 1988: Iran Air flight 655, flight of an Iranian airliner that was shot down by the USS Vincennes on July 3, 1988, over the Strait of Hormuz, killing all 290 people on board.
- 18 Jul 1988: Iran agrees to UN resolution to end war with Iraq; 750,000 Iranians died
- 20 Aug 1988: The Iran–Iraq War ends
The Iran–Iraq War ends in a stalemate
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| 9 | 1989 | - 4 Jun 1989: Ayatollah Khomeini dies; Khamenei becomes new Supreme Leader
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| 10 | 1997 | - 23 May 1997: Seyyed Mohammad Khatami was elected president on May 23, 1997
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| 11 | 2001 | - 8 Jun 2001: Seyyed Mohammad Khatami was elected president again on June 8, 2001
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| 12 | 2005 | - Jun 2005: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Elected.
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| 13 | 2009 | - 13 Jun 2009: Protests in Iran over election results.
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| 14 | 2013 | - 14 Jun 2013: Hassan Rouhani elected President
Hassan Rouhani elected President
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| 15 | 2019 | - 20 Jun 2019—20 Jun 2019: (IRGC) shot down a United States RQ-4A Global Hawk BAMS-D surveillance drone
June 20, 2019, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's (IRGC) shot down a United States RQ-4A Global Hawk BAMS-D surveillance drone with a surface-to-air missile over the Strait of Hormuz.
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| 16 | 2020 | - 3 Jan 2020: US targeted and killed Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani
United States drone strike near Baghdad International Airport targeted and killed Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani while purportedly on his way to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi in Baghdad.
- 8 Jan 2020—8 Jan 2020: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched numerous ballistic missiles at US bases in Iraq
On 8 January 2020, in a military operation code named Operation Martyr Soleimani Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched numerous ballistic missiles at the Ayn al-Asad airbase in Al Anbar Governorate, western Iraq, as well as another airbase in Erbil, in the Kurdistan
- 11 Jan 2020: Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 shot down by mistake
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Tehran to Kyiv operated by Ukraine International Airlines (UIA). On 8 January 2020, the Boeing 737-800 operating the route was shot down by mistake
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