Leaders and Political Events in Iran

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• Shah Reza Khan -

  Changed name of country from Persia to Iran

• Shah Reza Pahlavi -

  Shah ousted in 1979 revolution

• Mossadegh -

  Prime Minister ousted by CIA Coup

• Bani Sadr -

  1st President - Non Cleric

• Bazargan -

  1st Prime Minister after Iranian Revolution

• Rafsanjani -

  Former president (89-97) now head of expediency, very centrist

• Khatami -

  5th President of Iran (97-05) - Minister of Culture, freedom of press

• Ahmadinejad -

  6th president of Iran

• Rouhani -

  Current president

• Farsi -

  Language of Iran

• Azares -

  Largest religious minority near Azerbaijan

• Bazergan -

  First prime minister, role abolished, ousted by Khomeini

• Banned Party -

  Feyadin, Tudeh (Marxist guerrilla group)