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King of Iran
 Reza Shah Pahlavi

He was the first

king of Iran
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi

He was the
second and
last monarch
of the House
of Pahlavi of
the Iranian
monarchy.
President of Iran

Hassan rouhani
He is the 7th president
of Iran.
Elected in 2013
Politics of the
Islamic Republic of
Iran
Early History
Of
Iranian
 History and timelines

Commonly known as Persia

- Around 550-330 BC
- Achaemenid dynasty ruled the first
Persian empire.
- Had the greatest area of territory under
the control of Darius I, from Libya to
Indus Valley
 History and timelines
- 330 BC
- Alexander the Great of Macedon
conquered the Persian Empire before he
died at Babylon, Iraq on June 323 BC
- 636 CE
- End of Sassanid dynasty due to Arab
invasion, the beginning of Islamic rules
- 1220 CE
- Genghis Khan occupied Persia, became
part of Ilkhanate, ruled by Mongol house
of Hulagu
 History and timelines
- 1639 CE
- Treaty of Zuhab ended after 150 years of
war against Ottoman Empire
- 1890 CE
- Tobacco Riot took place and caused Naser
al-Din Shah to withdraw trade franchise or
concession to Britain
- 1979 CE
- The Monarchy was bought out, replaced
with republic
Religion
 In the past

- Zoroastrianism = - Ended of Sassanid

Prominent dynasty = Start
religion in Persian Islamic rule
Empire during
Sassanid dynasty
ruled
Religion in present

Non-Muslim
Big change
 1979 revolution

- AKA. Islamic revolution

- Ended Shah ruled

Ayatollah Khomeini
- Leader of this revolution
- Return to Iran after 14 years of exiled
- Founder of Islamic Republic
 Iran-iraq war
- 1980 : Iran been invaded by Iraq
- War : 8 years (1980-1988)
- Most of Islam people in Iraq
dissatisfied when Ayatollah Khomeini
name himself as Shia Islam leader
- 1982 : Iran got back the areas that Iraq
conquered, and they became to
intrude into Iraq instead.
 Iran-iraq war

- 1988 : End of war because UN, and

agree on Ceasefire agreement

In this war
- No one lose their area
- Around one million people died
Mohammad Khatami
- President for 2 terms (1997-2005)
- 1995 : Iran been suspected as country
who support terrorist
1st term
- 1997 : He win the votes more than 70%
- Improved relation with US, by
proving Iran not support terrorism
2nd term (2001-2005)
- US President George Bush describes Iraq,
Iran and North Korea as an "axis of evil"
because Iran develops long-range missiles
- UN gives an opportunity to prove that they
are not likely to have atomic weapon
programme.
- Iran shows that theyre cancel their
programme of uranium enrichment, IAEA
says that they have no evidence of Iran
weapon programme
 References

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/
3027382.stm
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle
-east-14542438
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/history-of
-iran-from-persia-to-present-1.791319
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/
middle_east-jan-june10-timeline/
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