Following the 1979 invasion and occupation of Afghanistan by Soviet troops, Massoud devised a strategic plan for expelling the invaders and overthrowing the communist regime.

Following the fall of the Shah of Iran and the Iran Hostage Crisis in 1979 – 1980, the West became concerned with ensuring the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, and the US received permission for a $ 400 million expansion of the military facilities on Diego Garcia consisting of two parallel runways, expansive parking aprons for heavy bombers, 20 new anchorages in the lagoon, a deep water pier, port facilities for the largest naval vessels in the US or British fleet, aircraft hangars, maintenance buildings and an air terminal, a fuel storage area, and billeting and messing facilities for thousands of sailors and support personnel.

Following shooting between 16 September and 12 November 1978, a two-hour-long rough cut of the film was put together for its first private showing in January 1979.

Following Labour's 1979 general election defeat by Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan remained party leader for the next 18 months before he resigned and Foot was elected Labour leader on 4 November 1980, beating Denis Healey in the second round of the leadership election ( the last leadership contest to involve only Labour MPs ).

Following his extradition to Turkey, he was imprisoned for the 1979 murder of Abdi İpekçi and for two bank raids carried out in the 1970s.

Following Labour's defeat in the 1979 general election, James Callaghan appointed Neil Kinnock to the Shadow Cabinet as Education spokesman.

Following his commercial breakthrough with Alien ( 1979 ), his best-known works are sci-fi classic Blade Runner ( 1982 ), Thelma & Louise ( 1991 ), best picture Oscar-winner Gladiator ( 2000 ), Black Hawk Down ( 2001 ), Matchstick Men ( 2003 ), Kingdom of Heaven ( 2005 ), American Gangster ( 2007 ), Robin Hood ( 2010 ), and Prometheus ( 2012 ).

Following a referendum in 1979, St. Vincent and the Grenadines became the last of the Windward Islands to gain independence.

Following victories in the 1967 and 1974 elections, the SVLP led the island to independence, winning the first post-independence election in 1979.

Following their seizure of power, the Sandinistas ruled Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, first as part of a Junta of National Reconstruction.

Following the release of Get Over You in February 1979, the Undertones ' eponymous debut album was released in May.

Following the ' You Got My Number tour ' of October 1979, the Undertones began recording the songs for their second album at Wisseloord Studios in the Netherlands.

Following the Iranian revolution in 1979, the city's municipality and other related institutions initiated important restoration and reconstruction projects.

Following the Three Mile Island ( TMI ) power plant's partial core melt on March 28, 1979, President Jimmy Carter commissioned a study, " Report of the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island ( 1979 ).

Following that, the 1970s Energy Crisis ensued which included the 1973 – 75 recession, the 1973 Oil Crisis as well as the 1979 energy crisis beginning as a prelude to a disastrous economic climate injected with stagflation ; the combination between high unemployment and high inflation.

Following the 1979 Herat uprising, the Revolutionary Council and the PDPA Politburo established the Homeland Higher Defence Council.

Following the breakup of ELP, circa 1979, Emerson had modest success with Emerson, Lake & Powell in the 1980s as well as with 3, with the album To the Power of Three.

Following initial positive reviews, the made-for-television film was rebroadcast twice in 1978 and 1979, but has not been shown since on national re-broadcasts, nor issued in home media.

Following her husband's death in 1977, Margret continued writing, and in 1979, became a Professor of Creative Writing at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Following the nationalizations in 1979 and the outbreak of the Iran – Iraq War, over 80 % of Iran's economy came under the control of the government.

Following an initial pilot episode in January 1976, it ran for two subsequent series of five and three episodes in October 1977 and October 1979 respectively.

Following peace treaties signed with Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994, Eilat's borders with its neighbors were finally opened.

Following Sexton's departure in 1977 the club eventually slipped into the Second Division in 1979.

Following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Iranian Revolution, relations deteriorated.

Following the February 2010 capture and execution by Iranian authorities of Jundallah ’ s leader, Abdul Malik Rigi, the group selected a new leader, Mohammed Dhahir Baluch, and confirmed its commitment to continue its terrorist activities.

Following the prehistoric cultural split of Indo-Aryan and Iranian cultures, names descended from * mitra were used for the following religious entities:

Following the successful referendum, both leftists and theocrats continued to use the issue of alleged pro-Americanism to suppress their opponents, the relatively moderate political forces, which included the Iranian Freedom Movement, National Front, Grand Ayatollah Shari ' atmadari, and later President Abolhassan Banisadr.

Following the hanging of two teenage boys, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni by Iranian authorities, Tatchell reiterated his long-standing view that the Islamic Republic of Iran is an " Islamo-fascist state ".

Following the outbreak of the hostage crisis of 1979, immigration officials arrived on campus to interview each Iranian, an event which alienated many international and domestic students.

Following the election, Iranian presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi said that several male and female protesters held behind bars have been savagely raped, according to a confidential letter to powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Following an interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on German public television in which he repeatedly called Israel " an artificial state " that had been built on the " lie of the Holocaust ", Knobloch called on the German government to publicly condemn the Iranian leader's statements and to isolate Iran diplomatically.

Following this incident, Iran almost went to war with the Taliban regions of Afghanistan but intervention by the United Nations Security Council and the United States prevented an imminent Iranian invasion.

Following Abtahi's record as the first Iranian cabinet member to blog while in office, on August 26, 2009, he also became the first known Iranian prisoner to blog while still at prison.

Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Reza Shah's mausoleum was destroyed under the direction of Hujjat al-Islam Sadeq Khalkhali, which was sanctioned by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Following the Iranian Revolution, the Interim Government of Iran removed the crown from the naval ensign.

Following his disappointment at the failure of the Iranian operation, Beckwith retired from the Army.

Following the Iranian elections in June 2009, Marjane Satrapi and Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf appeared before Green Party members in the European Parliament to present a document allegedly received from a member of the Iranian electoral commission claiming that the reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi had actually won the election, and that the conservative incumbent Mahmoud Ahmedinejad had received only 12 % of the vote.

On November 4, 1979, militant Iranian students calling themselves the Muslim Students Following the Line of the Imam seized the U. S. embassy in Tehran holding 52 embassy employees hostage for a 444 days ( see Iran hostage crisis ).

Following this match it was decided that Iranian referees would no longer be used for the derby.

Following the U. S. blacklisting of Tidewater Middle East Co., a major Iranian port operator with suspected ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ( IRGC ), Maersk suspended operations at several Iranian ports in June 2011 in order to comply with U. S. sanctions.

Following the 1953 Iranian coup d ' état Al-e-Ahmad was imprisoned for several years and " so completely lost faith in party politics " that he signed a letter of repentance published in an Iranian newspaper declaring that he had " resigned from the Third Force, and ... completely abandoned politics.