During pre-Islamic and early Islamic times, Central Asia was a predominantly Iranian region that included the sedentary Eastern Iranic speaking Bactrians, Sogdians and Chorasmians, and the semi-nomadic Scythians and Alans.

During the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, the Iranian government enjoyed something of a resurgence in popularity amongst the predominantly Sunni " Arab street ," due to its support for Hezbollah and to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's vehement opposition to the United States and his call that Israel shall vanish.

* 2009 – During the Iranian election protests, the death of Neda Agha-Soltan is captured on video and spreads virally on the Internet, making it " probably the most widely witnessed death in human history ".

During the war, Iraq used chemical weapons against Iranian forces fighting on the southern front and Kurdish separatists who were attempting to open up a northern front in Iraq with the help of Iran.

During this early phase of history, the majority of Turkmenistan's inhabitants were either adherents of Zoroastrianism or Buddhism and the region was largely dominated by Iranian peoples.

During the protests the Iranian authorities closed universities in Tehran, blocked web sites, blocked cell phone transmissions and text messaging, and banned rallies.

During the closing stages of the Iran-Iraq War the United States Navy began conducting operations in the Persian Gulf to protect US-flagged ships from attack by Iranian naval forces.

During the Khazar period, the territory of Ukraine, settled at that time by Iranian ( post-Scythian ), Turkic ( post-Hunnic, proto-Bulgarian ), and Uralic ( proto-Hungarian ) tribes, was progressively Slavicized by several waves of migration from the Slavic north.

During this naval battle, several Iranian warships were hit by American ASMs ( and by the US Navy's Standard missiles-SAMs which were doing double-duty in the anti-ship role ).

During the Iran – Iraq War, the attacks conducted by Basij, the Iranian paramilitary volunteer militia, were considered to be human wave attacks.

During the last days of the Safavid empire, Ottoman Turks and Afghans took advantage of Iranian internal weakness and invaded Iran.

During the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy in 2006, several religious Iranian groups advocated changing the name of highly popular danish ( Shriniye Danmarki ), given its name association with the source country of the offending cartoons.

During the first months after the Iranian Revolution, Kharazi served as the Vice President of Iranian National Television ( March to August, 1979 ) for the new Islamic state.

During the reign of Roman emperor Hadrian ( 117-138 ) Albania was invaded by the Alans, an Iranian nomadic group.

During the Lazic War between the Eastern Roman and Sassanid Iranian empires ( 542-562 ) Phasis was attacked, unsuccessfully, by Iranian soldiers.

During the late 1970s, controversy again erupted on campus surrounding the school's historically large Iranian population.

During this time, Indian, Asyriac, Iranian and especially Greek knowledge was translated into Arabic.

During the reign of Nasser-ol-Din Shah, this hall was used to exhibit Iranian and European paintings alongside gifts presented to the Iranian court.

During the spring of 1891 mass protests against the Régie began to emerge in major Iranian cities.

During this visit, Jamali gave valuable advises to Iranian leadership on their nuclear programme " against the backdrop of the country's " negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ), and measures to strengthen economic relations between the two countries.

During Operation Praying Mantis the U. S. retaliated fiercely, attacking the Iranian frigate Sabalan and oil platforms in the Sirri and Sassan oil fields.

During his short reign, peace was established both at home and abroad, finances were well regulated, and the various administrative services were placed on a basis that afterwards enabled Spain to pass through the disastrous war with the United States without the threat of a revolution.

During a performance of " Sunday Bloody Sunday ", which appears on the film, Bono condemned the violence in a furious mid-song rant in which he yelled, " Fuck the revolution.

During the 1990s the digital revolution in image technologies has had an impact on film theory in various ways.

During the summer of 1989, rapid changes known as peaceful revolution or Die Wende took place in East Germany, which quickly led to German reunification.

During the period 1790-1815 Sweden experienced two parallel economic movements: an agricultural revolution with larger agricultural estates, new crops and farming tools and a commercialisation of farming, and a protoindustrialisation, with small industries being established in the countryside and with workers switching between agricultural work in the summer season and industrial production in the winter season.

During the period 1890-1930 the second industrial revolution took place in Sweden.

During the start of the Arab Spring, Gaddafi condemned the Tunisian revolution in January 2011, saying protesters were misled by WikiLeaks and voicing solidarity with ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

During these years Trotsky began developing his theory of permanent revolution, which led to a close working relationship with Alexander Parvus in 1904 – 1907.

During the industrial revolution, left-wingers supported trade unions.

During his stay at home, Mao's interest in the revolution was rekindled after hearing of the 1925 uprisings in Shanghai and Guangzhou.

During the revolution, Lenin advocated mass action and that the revolution " accept mass terror in its tactics ".

During the revolution Lenin advocated militancy and violence of workers as a means to pressure the middle class to join and overthrow the Tsar.

During the last few months of his exile, Khomeini received a constant stream of reporters, supporters, and notables, eager to hear the spiritual leader of the revolution.

During the scientific revolution, changing perceptions about the role of the scientist in respect to nature, the value of evidence, experimental or observed, led towards a scientific methodology in which empiricism played a large, but not absolute, role.

During the revolution, particularly after the Declaration of Independence in 1776 this use was extended to cover anyone who remained loyal to the British Crown.

During the Cultural Revolution, much economic activity was halted, with “ revolution ”, regardless of interpretation, being the primary objective of the country.

During the Arab Spring ( which resulted in a revolution in Egypt ), photographs of Nasser were raised throughout Cairo and Arab capitals by protesters and their supporters.

During his leadership of the Russian revolution of 1905, Trotsky argued that once it became clear that the Tsar's army would not come out in support of the workers, it was necessary to retreat before the armed might of the state in as good an order as possible.

During the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine – American War between 1896 to 1913, the island of Negros and other neighboring islands initiated their revolution.

During the industrial revolution, Arbroath's economy expanded and the population of the town expanded, with new housing having to be constructed to house the influx of workers.

During the 19th century, Amiens began to feel the effects of the industrial revolution.

During the Bavarian revolution of April 1919, Thulists were accused of trying to infiltrate its government and of attempting a coup.

During the Reign of Terror, in 1794, a guilotine was kept busy with the execution of the former moderate supporters of the revolution at Privas.

During the Cultural Revolution ( 1966 – 76 ), Zhejiang was in chaos and disunity, and its economy was stagnant, especially during the high tide ( 1966 – 69 ) of the revolution.