White Revolution
1963 · Event
Mohammad Reza Shah's sweeping reform programme — land redistribution, women's suffrage and literacy drives — that modernised Iran but alienated landowners and clergy, fuelling opposition led by Khomeini.
On these timelines: Persia and Iran, The Iranian Revolution, Master
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- 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 1963
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