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Shah Reza Khan steps down from power 1941: he was an Iranina army officer who became shah of Iran. He gave power to his son.
- Mohammed Reza Pahlavi succeeds his father 1941: Shah after his father stepped down. Had pro-western foreign policy.
- The US Central Investigation Agency (CIA) helps overthrow Mohammed Mossadegh 1953: helped instigate the 1953 coup that brought down the Iranian Prime MInister. This was known as Operation Ajax.
- The Islamic Republic of Iran is established 1979: Monarchy was overthrown, clerics assumed political control under supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini
- Iraq attacks Iran 1980: The Iran-Irak war began when on September 22nd Iraq invaded Iran.
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