Events from the year 1978 in Iran. Shah: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Prime Minister: until August 27: Jamshid Amouzegar August 27-November 6: Jafar Sharif-Emami...

The Iranian Revolution (Persian: انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân [ʔeɴɢeˌlɒːbe ʔiːɾɒːn]), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution (انقلاب...

The 1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown was an incident on 21 June 1978, when four Boeing CH-47 Chinooks of the Imperial Iranian Air Force strayed into Soviet...

given to an incident occurring on 8 September 1978 (17 Shahrivar 1357 in the Iranian calendar) in Iran, in which 64, or at least 100 people were shot dead...

members and the British Army in Northern Ireland leaves one civilian and three IRA men dead. 1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown: Iranian helicopters stray into...

The 1978 Tabas earthquake (Persian: زمین‌لرزه ۱۳۵۷ طبس) occurred on September 16 at 19:05:55 local time in central Iran. The shock measured 7.4 on the...

quarterfinals at the 1976 Summer Olympics. At the FIFA World Cup, Iran have qualified six times (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022) but have never progressed...

number of people killed during the 1978 Qom incident, several clerics in Qom and several other major cities across Iran announced the 40th-day commemoration...

lit. 'Rex Abadan cinema fire') happened on 19 August 1978 when the Cinema Rex in Abadan, Iran was set ablaze, killing between 377 and 470 people. The...

Imperial State of Iran, officially the Imperial State of Persia until 1935, and commonly referred to as Pahlavi Iran, was the Iranian state under the rule...

The 1978–79 season of Iran Football's 2nd Division was not completed due to disruptions caused by the Iranian Revolution. Source: jahanehfootball.blogfa...

The relationship between the governments of Iran and Iraq briefly improved in 1978, when Iranian agents in Iraq discovered plans for a pro-Soviet coup...

(June 2011). "M-1978 and M-1989 170 mm Self- Propelled Guns, Part I" (PDF). KPA Journal. 2 (6): 1. Oryx. "The Oryx Handbook of Iranian Fighting Vehicles"...

contact with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his entourage in the prelude to the Iranian Revolution of 1979. The report was based on "newly declassified...

be inappropriate to call a chador in Iranian Persian. Before the 1978–1979 Iranian Revolution, black chadors were reserved for funerals and periods of...

relatively peaceful and stable period in modern history came to an end. However, all-out fighting did not erupt until after 1978, when the Saur Revolution violently...

of Iran (approximately 80%) consists of Iranic peoples. The largest groups in this category include Persians (who form the majority of the Iranian population)...

Gholamreza Rahimi (born 23 July 1978) is an Iranian Paralympic archer. In the 2016 Summer Paralympics, his debut games, Rahimi won his first Paralympic...

Force in Lebanon until late 1978. Replaced by Finnish forces, Iranian peacekeepers were withdrawn in 1979 following the Islamic revolution. In 1993, the...

Iranian Revolution in 1978–1979, the hijab has become compulsory, which impacted the creation of clothing style. Beauty pageant festivals inside Iran...

Iran is a mixed economy with a large public sector. Some 60% of Iran's economy is centrally planned.[needs update] Iran's economy is characterized by...

Religion in Iran has been shaped by multiple religions and sects over the course of the country's history. Zoroastrianism was the main followed religion...

antiquities from museums abroad. By 1978, growing anti-imperial unrest fueled by communism, socialism, and Islamism throughout Iran was showing clear signs of...

United States, Jimmy Carter. The 1978–79 Iranian Revolution overthrowing the Pahlavi government started with demonstrations in October 1977 and ended on 11...

to in the Western world as Mohammad Reza Shah, or just simply the Shah, was the last monarch of Iran. He began ruling the Imperial State of Iran after...

Throughout history, women in Iran have played numerous roles, and contributed in many ways, to Iranian society. Historically, tradition maintained that...

1978 FIFA World Cup began on 3 June and ended on 11 June 1978. The group consisted of Iran, Netherlands, Peru, and Scotland. Source: FIFA 3 June 1978...

the 1978–79 academic year, on the eve of the revolution, the number of Iranian students enrolled in American institutions rose to 45,340, and in 1979–80...

Khansar (Persian: خوانسار) is a city in the Central District of Khansar County, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the...

ethnicity. Most Iranian Azerbaijanis are bilingual in Azerbaijani and Persian. They are mainly of Iranian descent. They are primarily found in and are native...