Islamic Republic of Iran
This article is about the specific polity Islamic Republic of Iran and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.
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Is a country located in Western Asia. Modern Iran as a nation exists at least since the Safavid Dynasty (1502-1736). The Islamic Republic was established in 1979 after the Islamic Revolution.
Establishment
March 1979: By 1978 the Shah faced growing public discontent and popular rebellion, and the second Pahlavi went into exile with his family in January 1979, sparking a series of events that quickly led to the end of the state and the beginning of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
Was a revolution that took place in Iran in 1978-1979 and resulted in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty and the replacement of the Imperial State of Iran by the present-day theocratic Islamic Republic of Iran.
Was a war between Iran and Iraq from 1980 to 1988. Hoping to take advantage from the chaos cuased by the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran, Iraqi forces invaded the country in 1980 with the goal of annexing Iran's Khuzestan province. However, by 1982 Iran had regained all the occupied territories and launched an invasion of Iraq. In 1988 Iraq launched a major counteroffensive that finally led to the end of the war with the same pre-war borders.
June 1981: Iran retook the high ground above Susangerd in May.
December 1981: Operation Tariq al-Qods was a military operation carried out by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in 1981 at the Bostan, Chazabeh border checkpoint. The operation was led by General Qasem Soleimani and resulted in the territory being taken by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
March 1982: Operation Fath ol-Mobin.
May 1982: Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas.
May 1982: Iranian liberation of Khorramshahr.
November 1982: At the end of Operation Muharram, Iran succeeded to free the highlands 400/298, Bayat oil territory, Anbar river, Chamsari police station, Musian and other returns.
August 1983: Operation Dawn 3 operation carried out by the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1983 in Mehran.
June 1986: Saddam Hussein, the President of Iraq at the time, led the military occupation of Mehran in May 1986. This marked the third time that Saddam's forces were able to seize control of the city during the Iran-Iraq War.
July 1986: Battle of Mehran.
June 1988: Operation Forty Stars.
July 1988: The Iraqis captured the city of Dehloran.
July 1988: The Iraqis withdrew from Dehloran, claiming that they had "no desire to conquer Iranian territory".
July 1988: Kerend-e Gharb is occupied by Iraqi forces.
July 1988: The Iranians defeated the Iraqis in the city of Kerend-e Gharb.
July 1988: Iran drove the MEK out of Qasr-e-Shirin and Sarpol Zahab, though MEK claimed to have "voluntarily withdrawn".
November 1988: At the conclusion of the Iran-Iraq War, it took several weeks for the armies to honor pre-war international borders.
2.1.Iraqi invasion of Iran
Was the invasion of Iran by Iraqi forces at the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War.
September 1980: Iraqi forces were able to block the traditional Tehran-Baghdad invasion route by securing territory forward of Qasr-e Shirin, Iran.
September 1980: On the central front, the Iraqis occupied Mehran.
September 1980: Battle of Khorramshahr.
November 1980: The Iraqi attempted to capture the strategic oil refinery Abadan. The cities of Ahvaz, Andimeshk, Dezful, Shush, and Susangerd were also occupied.
November 1980: Battle of Khorramshahr.
November 1980: Iranian territory occupied by Iraq in November 1980.
September 1981: End of the Iraqi siege of Abadan.
Was a minor skirmish between the Islamic Emirate Armed Forces and the Iranian Border Guard Command along checkpoints on the Afghanistan-Iran border.
December 2020: The Afhganistan-Iran clashes ended later in the day after the two sides came to an agreement and the Taliban withdrew from all captured territory.
December 2021: On 1 December 2021, an armed clash took place between the Iranian border guards and the Taliban fighters on the Afghanistan-Iran border. During the clashes the Taliban fighters captured several Iranian border checkpoints. The checkpoints were quickly evacuated by the Talibans.
Selected Sources
Farrokh, K. (2011): Iran at War: 1500-1988, Oxford: Osprey Publishing
Iran - Iraq War, 1980 -1988 . United States Military Academy of Westpoint. Retrieved on 7 April 2024 on https://www.westpoint.edu/sites/default/files/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/Since%201958/Iran-Iraq.jpg
