Iranian Revolution
1978–1979 · Event
Pro-Western Shah overthrown; Ayatollah Khomeini returns from exile; Islamic Republic founded; reshapes Middle East.
On these timelines: Persia and Iran, Master, Major Religions
More from Persia and Iran
- Achaemenid Persian Empire (550 BCE)
- Cyrus the Great (600 BCE)
- Sassanid Empire (224)
- Fall of the Sasanian Empire (651)
- Safavid Empire (1501)
- Alexander's conquest of the Persian Empire (334 BCE)
- Safavid Iran converts to Twelver Shi'ism (1501)
- Zoroaster (1200 BCE)
Around 1978
- Events of 1968 (1968)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)
- Pop music: the 1980s (1980)
- Pop music: the 1970s (1970)
- Hey Jude (The Beatles) (1968)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Billie Jean (Michael Jackson) (1983)
- Glasnost and perestroika (1985)