Interim Government
Khomeini appoints Bazargan as prime minister of the provisional revolutionary government
Role range: 1979-1979
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Mehdi Bazargan Biography and Timeline
Follow Mehdi Bazargan through 10 dated historical records for Iran.
Mehdi Bazargan, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1979–1979Years on this page
1979
Interim Government
Khomeini appoints Bazargan as interim prime minister and calls on Iranians to support him
Role range: 1979-1979
Prime Minister of Iran
Bazargan is appointed prime minister of the provisional revolutionary government
Role range: 1979-1979
Interim Government
Khomeini appoints Bazargan as prime minister of the provisional revolutionary government
Role range: 1979-1979
Islamic Republic Referendum
Bazargan's provisional government administers the referendum on creating an Islamic Republic
Role range: 1979-1979
Islamic Revolutionary Council
The Revolutionary Council assumes greater governing authority after Bazargan's provisional cabinet resigns
Role range: 1979-1979
Resignation of Mehdi Bazargan
Bazargan and his cabinet resign in protest after the seizure of the US Embassy
Role range: 1979-1979
Resignation of Mehdi Bazargan
Bazargan resigns after the seizure of the US Embassy and the weakening of the provisional government
Role range: 1979-1979
Islamic Revolutionary Council
The Revolutionary Council assumes more direct governing responsibility after Bazargan resigns
Role range: 1979-1979
Resignation of Mehdi Bazargan
Bazargan resigns after the US Embassy is seized and the provisional government loses authority
Role range: 1979-1979
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.