* 1953 – Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Eisenhower with the Iran ian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

In the same year, Princess Fawzia of Egypt, the sister of King Farouk I, married Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the then crown prince ( later shah ) of Iran.

Eleven minutes after the declaration went into force, the United States de facto recognised the State of Israel, followed by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's Iran ( which had voted against the UN partition plan ), Guatemala, Iceland, Nicaragua, Romania, and Uruguay.

* 1963 – Movement of 15 Khordad: Protest against arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

* 1939 – Marriage of Princess Fawzia of Egypt to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran.

* 1967 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.

* 1919 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran ( d. 1980 )

Protests turned into riots on 2 June 1967, when Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, visited West Berlin.

Sayyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (,, 22 September 1902 – 3 June 1989 ) was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran.

On 5 June 1963, ( 15 of Khordad ), two days after this public denunciation of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Khomeini was arrested.

* 1941 – World War II: Concerned that Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Persia is about to ally his petroleum-rich empire with Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union invade Iran in late August and force the Shah to abdicate in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

In early 1979, Iran's Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was overthrown by the Islamic Revolution, thus giving way to an Islamic republic led by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

* Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ( Iran )

* The Iranian Revolution of 1979 transformed Iran from an autocratic pro-western monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to a theocratic Islamist government under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

* Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ( Iran )

* Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

* November 17 – Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi divorces his second wife, the former Princess Fawzia of Egypt.

** Princess Fawzia of Egypt marries Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran.

* September 16 – Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran is forced to resign in favor of his son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, under pressure from the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union.

* July 27 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, deposed Shah of Iran, dies in Cairo.

** Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran ( d. 1980 )

** Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran is officially crowned.

There is a permanent salt lake, Lake Urmia ( the traditional name, also cited as Lake Urmiyeh, to which it has reverted after being called Lake Rezaiyeh under Mohammad Reza Shah ), in the northwest, whose brine content is too high to support fish or most other forms of aquatic life.

One of the most famous political uses of cassette tapes was the dissemination of sermons by the Ayatollah Khomeini throughout Iran before the 1979 Iranian Revolution, in which Khomeini urged the overthrow of the regime of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

The most notable of these leaders were Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, two students and nationalist leaders who had benefited from the educational reforms of the Dutch Ethical Policy.

Later in the 1950s his son and successor, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, decreed that the most spectacular of these items be put on public display at the Central Bank of Iran.

Changing his position and title from Chief Minister Wallace Muhammad to Imam Warith huddin Mohammad, and finally Imam Warith Al-Deen Mohammed, he was responsible for the most massive conversion of over 2, 000, 000 members of the Nation of Islam to traditional Islam in the United States of America.

Mohammad Mosaddegh: was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until being overthrown in a coup d ' état in 1953. His administration introduced a wide range of social and political reforms but is most notable for its nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, which had been under British control since 1913 through the Anglo-Persian Oil Company ( APOC / AIOC ) ( later British Petroleum or BP ). Mosaddegh received his Licence en Droit as well as his Doctor of law from the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

Mohammad Hassan Khan's Bridge is also one of the most ancient buildings of Mazandaran.

In the mid-1920s, Mohammad el Qasabgi, who was the most virtuosic oud player and one of the most accomplished yet understated Arab composers of the 20th century, formed her small orchestra ( takht ), composed of the most virtuosic instrumentalists.

However, the senior most at that time, Lieutenant-General Mohammad Shariff, though promoted to General, was made the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, a constitutional post akin to President Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry.

The most popular modern singers of maqam are Rachid Al-Qundarchi ( 1887 – 1945 ), Youssouf Omar ( 1918 – 1987 ), Nazem Al-Ghazali ( 1920 – 1963 ), Salim Shibbeth ( born 1908 ), Hassan Chewke ( 1912 – 1962 ), Najim Al-Sheikhli ( 1893 – 1938 ), Mohammed Al-Qubanchi ( 1900 – 1989 ), Hamid Al Saadi ( 1959 -) and Farida Mohammad Ali ( 1963-).

Meanwhile there had been rapid political development in Arabia, where Prophet Mohammad had been preaching Islam and by 630, he had successfully united most of the Arabia under a single political authority.

The most important ceremonies held in the Palace during the Pahlavi era were the coronation of Reza Khan ( r. 1925-1941 ) in Takht-e Marmar and the coronation of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ( r. 1941-deposed 1979 ) in the Museum Hall.

Popular ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani supported the left, while perhaps the most senior and influential ayatollah in Iran – Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari – first remained aloof from politics and then came out in support of a democratic revolution.

Some of the most famous classical musicians, composers and singers of the past century from this part include Hassan Zirak ( Boukan 1921 – 1972 ) who performed and recorded more than a thousand songs, Mohammad Mamlê ( Mahabad 1925 – 1998 ) who was known for his heartwarming voice, Abbas Kamandi ( Sanandaj ), Aziz Shahrokh, Hassan Darzi, Seyed Mohammad Safayi, Osman Hawrami, Najmaddin Gholami ( Sanandaj ) and Mazhar Khaleqi ( Sanandaj ).

( Gravesend Cemetery's most exotic occupant is Egyptian émigré Mohammad Ben Misoud, who was part of a Coney Island attraction and was afforded a proper Muslim funeral upon his death in August, 1896.

He is a cousin of the Larijani brothers, the most famous of which are Ali Larijani and Mohammad Javad Larijani.

He led his team to victory on 21 occasions — seven times more than Mohammad Azharuddin with the second most wins — and led them for a record 49 matches — twice more than both Azharuddin and Sunil Gavaskar .< ref >

When Mohammad Shah died in 1848 the succession passed to his son Nasser-e-Din, who proved to be the ablest and most successful of the Qajar sovereigns.

The CIA used propaganda in the forms of political rumour, air-dropped pamphlets, poster campaigns, and radio ( the mass communications medium that successfully deceived most of the Iranian populace to accept the foreign deposition of the elected PM Mohammad Mosaddegh ).

The coup was a major event in Third World and 20th Century history and there is debate as to how much of the blame for the overthrow can be traced to bribes paid by the CIA and how much to domestic dissatisfaction with Mossadeq Whatever the motivations, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi thereafter assumed dictatorial powers and banned most political groups, including Mossadegh's National Front, which along with the Tudeh Party, continued to function underground.

Mohammad Khan Qajar, who had managed to bring most of central Iranian plateau under his firm control by 1794, was inclined to revive the Persian Empire with the Caucasus as its part.