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Mohammad Javad Bahonar Biography and Timeline

Follow Mohammad Javad Bahonar through 43 dated historical records for Iran.

Mohammad Javad Bahonar, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

43Distinct records
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1933–1981Years on this page

1933

Birth of Mohammad Javad Bahona

Kerman · Government / Government of Iran

Birth of Mohammad Javad Bahona

1965

Peoples Mojahedin of Iran

Secretary General · Politics / Islamic Republic Party

The PMOI was originally devoted to armed struggle against the Shah of Iran, formed by a group of Iranian college students as an Islamic political movement. The Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran was founded in 1965 by six former members of the Liberation or Freedom Movement of Iran, middle-class students at Tehran University, including Mohammad Hanifnejad, Saied Mohsen and Ali-Asghar Badizadegan

Peoples Mojahedin of Iran

Secretary General · Religion / Islam

The PMOI was originally devoted to armed struggle against the Shah of Iran, formed by a group of Iranian college students as an Islamic political movement. The Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran was founded in 1965 by six former members of the Liberation or Freedom Movement of Iran, middle-class students at Tehran University, including Mohammad Hanifnejad, Saied Mohsen and Ali-Asghar Badizadegan

1971

Bombing of Tehran

Secretary General · Tehran · Politics / Islamic Republic Party

The PMOIs first military activities, a bombing of the Tehran electrical works and unsuccessful airplane hijacking, were conducted in August 1971 in protest against the Pahlavis extravagant 2,500 year celebration of Irans monarchy

Demonstrations

Secretary General · Tehran · Politics / Islamic Republic Party

The PMOIs first military activities, a bombing of the Tehran electrical works and unsuccessful airplane hijacking, were conducted in August 1971 in protest against the Pahlavis extravagant 2,500 year celebration of Irans monarchy

Peoples Mojahedin of Iran

Secretary General · Politics / Islamic Republic Party

The PMOIs first military activities, a bombing of the Tehran electrical works and unsuccessful airplane hijacking, were conducted in August 1971 in protest against the Pahlavis extravagant 2,500 year celebration of Irans monarchy

Bombing of Tehran

Secretary General · Tehran · Religion / Islam

The PMOIs first military activities, a bombing of the Tehran electrical works and unsuccessful airplane hijacking, were conducted in August 1971 in protest against the Pahlavis extravagant 2,500 year celebration of Irans monarchy

Demonstrations

Secretary General · Tehran · Religion / Islam

The PMOIs first military activities, a bombing of the Tehran electrical works and unsuccessful airplane hijacking, were conducted in August 1971 in protest against the Pahlavis extravagant 2,500 year celebration of Irans monarchy

Peoples Mojahedin of Iran

Secretary General · Religion / Islam

The PMOIs first military activities, a bombing of the Tehran electrical works and unsuccessful airplane hijacking, were conducted in August 1971 in protest against the Pahlavis extravagant 2,500 year celebration of Irans monarchy

1979

Council of Revolution of Iran

Cleric · Tehran · Politics / Islamic Republic Party

Bahonar is associated with the Revolutionary Council and the formation of clerical political power

Role range: 1979-1981

Islamic Republic Party

Cleric · Tehran · Politics / Islamic Republic Party

Bahonar becomes a founder member of the Islamic Republic Party

Role range: 1979-1981

Islamic Republic Party

Cleric · Tehran · Politics / Islamic Republic Party

Bahonar helps found the Islamic Republic Party and supports the revolutionary clerical programme

Role range: 1979-1981

Islamic Republic

Cleric · Tehran · Politics / Islamic Republic Party

Bahonar helps organise revolutionary political activity around the Islamic Republic Party

Role range: 1979-1981

Islamic Republic

Cleric · Tehran · Politics / Islamic Republic Party

Bahonar supports the clerical programme that leads to the Islamic Republic

Role range: 1979-1981

Revolution of Iran

Cleric · Tehran · Politics / Islamic Republic Party

Bahonar supports the revolutionary clerical movement after the fall of the monarchy

Role range: 1979-1981

Council of Revolution of Iran

Cleric · Tehran · Religion / Islam

Bahonar is linked to the Revolutionary Council and the Islamic Republic Party

Role range: 1979-1981

Islamic Republic Party

Cleric · Tehran · Religion / Islam

Bahonar is a founder member of the Islamic Republic Party

Role range: 1979-1981

Islamic Republic

Cleric · Tehran · Religion / Islam

Bahonar helps build clerical support for the Islamic Republic

Role range: 1979-1981

Islamic Republic

Cleric · Tehran · Religion / Islam

Bahonar supports the Islamisation of politics after the revolution

Role range: 1979-1981

Revolution of Iran

Cleric · Tehran · Religion / Islam

Bahonar supports revolutionary religious politics after the fall of the Shah

Role range: 1979-1981

1981

Minister of Education

Minister of Education · Government / Government of Iran

Serves as Minister of Education before becoming prime minister under Mohammad Ali Rajai

Role range: 1981-1981

Revolution of Iran

Minister of Education · Religion / Islam

Bahonar backs revolutionary cultural policy aimed at removing secular influence from universities

Role range: 1981-1981

Islamic Republic Party

Secretary General · Tehran · Politics / Islamic Republic Party

Bahonar becomes secretary general of the Islamic Republic Party after Mohammad Beheshti is assassinated

Role range: 1981-1981

Islamic Republic Party

Secretary General · Tehran · Politics / Islamic Republic Party

Bahonar rises to party leadership after Beheshti is killed in the Hafte Tir bombing

Role range: 1981-1981

Secretary General

Secretary General · Tehran · Politics / Islamic Republic Party

Bahonar becomes secretary general after Mohammad Beheshti is killed in the Islamic Republic Party bombing

Role range: 1981-1981

Islamic Republic Party

Secretary General · Tehran · Religion / Islam

Bahonar becomes secretary general of the Islamic Republic Party after Beheshti's assassination

Role range: 1981-1981

Secretary General

Secretary General · Tehran · Religion / Islam

Bahonar takes over Islamic Republic Party leadership after Beheshti is killed

Role range: 1981-1981

Islamic Republic Party

Prime Minister of Iran · Tehran · Government / Government of Iran

Bahonar serves as prime minister and secretary general of the Islamic Republic Party

Role range: 1981-1981

Islamic Republic

Prime Minister of Iran · Tehran · Government / Government of Iran

Bahonar becomes the second prime minister of the Islamic Republic after the 1979 revolution

Role range: 1981-1981

Prime Minister of Iran

Prime Minister of Iran · Tehran · Government / Government of Iran

Bahonar becomes prime minister and leads the government until his assassination later in August

Role range: 1981-1981

Rajai Government

Prime Minister of Iran · Tehran · Government / Government of Iran

Bahonar becomes prime minister under President Mohammad Ali Rajai

Role range: 1981-1981

Rajai Government

Prime Minister of Iran · Tehran · Government / Government of Iran

Bahonar is appointed prime minister under President Mohammad Ali Rajai

Role range: 1981-1981

Islamic Republic Party

Prime Minister of Iran · Tehran · Religion / Islam

Bahonar combines senior government office with leadership of the Islamic Republic Party

Role range: 1981-1981

Islamic Republic

Prime Minister of Iran · Tehran · Religion / Islam

Bahonar serves as prime minister in the Islamic Republic government

Role range: 1981-1981

Prime Minister of Iran

Prime Minister of Iran · Tehran · Religion / Islam

Bahonar takes office as prime minister before being assassinated later that month

Role range: 1981-1981

Rajai Government

Prime Minister of Iran · Tehran · Religion / Islam

Bahonar becomes prime minister under President Mohammad Ali Rajai

Role range: 1981-1981

Assassination of Mohammad Javad Bahonar

Prime Minister of Iran · Tehran · Government / Government of Iran

Bahonar is killed when a bomb explodes at the prime minister's office in Tehran

Role range: 1981-1981

Assassination of Mohammad Javad Bahonar

Secretary General · Tehran · Politics / Islamic Republic Party

Bahonar is assassinated in the bombing of the prime minister's office

Role range: 1981-1981

Death of Mohammad Javad Bahonar

Secretary General · Tehran · Politics / Islamic Republic Party

Death of Mohammad Javad Bahonar after the prime minister's office bombing

Role range: 1981-1981

Peoples Mojahedin of Iran

Secretary General · Tehran · Politics / Islamic Republic Party

Iranian authorities blame the Peoples Mojahedin of Iran for the bombing that kills Bahonar

Role range: 1981-1981

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.