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Iran |
| 600s |
Arab armies conquered
Iran. Iran became a leading center of Islam. |
| 1000s |
Seljuk Turks conquered
much of Iran. |
| 1220 |
Mongol armies led by
Genghis Khan overran Iran. |
| 1501-1722 |
The Safavid dynasty ruled
Iran. Esfahan became one of the world's great capitals. |
| 1722 |
Afghan armies captured
Esfahan. |
| 1729-1739 |
Nadir Shah drove the
Afghans from Iran and plundered the Indian city of Delhi. |
| 1794 |
The Qajar dynasty was
established. |
| 1906 |
Muzaffar al-Din Shah
granted Iran a constitutional government. |
| 1914-1918 |
Although it remained
neutral, Iran was a battleground during World War I as some of the
warring countries sought to control the region's vast oil deposits. |
| 1925 |
Reza Khan, a former
cavalry officer, became shah (then known as Reza Shah Pahlavi). He
introduced many reforms to Iran. |
| 1941 |
British and Soviet troops
invaded Iran during World War II. Muhammad Reza Pahlavi became shah. |
| 1951 |
Iran nationalized its oil
industry. |
| 1960s |
The shah introduced a
program of economic and social reforms called the White Revolution. He
assumed nearly complete control of the government, and the Savak secret
police ruthlessly suppressed all government opposition. |
| 1979 |
After the shah left the
country, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile to found
the Islamic Republic of Iran. |
| 1980 |
Iran went to war with
Iraq. A cease-fire was negotiated in 1988. |
| 1989 |
Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini died of illness, and Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was elected
president by popular vote. Rafsanjani sought to improve Iran's relations
with Western nations. |
| 1990 |
An earthquake struck
northwestern Iran, killing an estimated 40,000 people. |
| 1995 |
The United States
instituted a trade embargo against Iran in an attempt to curb what U.S.
officials claimed was the country's continuing support for international
terrorism. |
| 1997 |
Moderate Islamic cleric
Mohammed Khatami was elected president by a wide margin. |
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