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Zand Dynasty 1751-1794 Qajar Dynasty 1796-1925

Zand Dynasty 1751-1794 Qajar Dynasty 1796-1925. Pahlavi Dynasty Reza Shah 1925-1941 Mohammed Reza Shah 1941-1979 Islamic Republic 1979-2005. Qajar Dynasty’s Muzzafari’d -Din Shah Qajar Ruled from 1896-1907. The last King of the Qajar Dynasty. 1907-1921 (14 year period).

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Zand Dynasty 1751-1794 Qajar Dynasty 1796-1925

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  1. Zand Dynasty • 1751-1794 • Qajar Dynasty • 1796-1925 • Pahlavi Dynasty • Reza Shah 1925-1941 • Mohammed Reza Shah 1941-1979 • Islamic Republic • 1979-2005

  2. Qajar Dynasty’s Muzzafari’d-Din Shah Qajar Ruled from 1896-1907

  3. The last King of the Qajar Dynasty 1907-1921 (14 year period) 1907: Anglo Russian Agreement to divide Persia into spheres of influence 1914: During WWI, The Russians, British and Ottomans occupied parts of Persia

  4. 1921: Reza Shah led a successful coup against the Russian and British occupation of Persia 1926: Reza Khan Pahlavi is crowned marking the beginning of the Pahlavi Dynasty. His son, Muhammed Reza is named crown prince 1935: Name of country is changed from Persian to Iran British owned and controlled theh Anglo-Iranian Oil Company though managed by Germans

  5. 1967 – Coronation Ceremony

  6. Iran-Iraq War September 1980 - August 1988 President Saddam Hussein announces his intention to reclaim the Shatt al Arab waterway Iraq wanted to seize oil producing region of Khuzestan

  7. 2005MahmoudAhmadinejad:Mayor of Tehran, won the Presidency Pledged assistance to the poor and to return to the values of the 1979 revolution

  8. April 2006 President MahmoudAhmadinejad at a press conference

  9. President MahmoudAhmadinejad on Army Day, April 18, 2006 Militia carries banners dedicated to Imam Hossein

  10. Female members of the volunteer militia carrying banners to Imam Hossein Army Day – April 18, 2006

  11. In 1976 he replaced the Islamic calendar with an imperial calendar Which began with the foundation of the persian empire around 500 BCE Aimed to sideline Islam. Excited opposition muslim groups which Rallied around the Ayatollah Khomeini. Shah used arbitrary arrest, torture, imprisonment and torture.

  12. Ayatollah Khomeini exiled 1964 Lived in Najaf, Iraq since 1965: expounded absolutist theocratic rule Lived in France from 1978 Jan 16 1979, Shah left Iran due to 18 mos of health leave AppointeBaktiar as Prime Minister who was ineffective. Bakhtiar publicly invited Khomeini to return to Iran who arrived Feb. 1 Purges of Shah supporters began. Hundreds were executed. 4 of the Shah’s generals were executed by a firing squad Members of the Shah’s regime were executed.

  13. May 1979 Khomeini createdthe Revolutionary Guard Corps Leftist newspapers were banned. Opposition leaders were arrested. Power of the clerics increased. Religious repression of women. Students who thought they were eliminating the Shah to bring democracy were disapointed. Speeches against the USA and its allies Bazargan as Prime Minister Nov 4, 1979 iranianIslaic students took 66 hostages, mostly Americans

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