4 January 1979Prime Minister of IranShapour Bakhtiar
Bakhtiar is appointed prime minister as the monarchy tries to survive the revolutionary crisis
Historical records for Iran in 1979, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Bakhtiar is appointed prime minister as the monarchy tries to survive the revolutionary crisis
Bakhtiar receives parliamentary confirmation as prime minister while trying to preserve the constitutional monarchy
Khomeini forms the Revolutionary Council to coordinate the transition from the monarchy
The Shah leaves Iran with his family as revolutionary pressure makes his rule impossible to continue
The Shah leaves Iran and scenes of revolutionary celebration follow across the country
The Shah leaves Iran as Khomeini's revolutionary movement advances toward power
Bakhtiar signals he will not block Khomeini's return while appealing for constitutional order
Bakhtiar appeals for constitutional order while preparing for Khomeini's possible return
Bakhtiar proposes that Khomeini return under limits while appealing for preservation of constitutional order
Bakhtiar seeks a controlled return for Khomeini as revolutionary momentum grows
Tehrani resigns from the Regency Council after meeting Khomeini in France
Khomeini returns to Iran after years of exile and is welcomed by huge crowds in Tehran
Khomeini returns to Iran after years of exile and is welcomed by huge crowds in Tehran
Huge crowds welcome Khomeini in Tehran after his return from exile
Khomeini returns from exile and receives a triumphant welcome in Tehran
Khomeini appoints Bazargan as prime minister of the provisional revolutionary government
Yazdi joins Bazargan's provisional government and becomes a senior foreign policy figure
Khomeini appoints Bazargan as interim prime minister and calls on Iranians to support him
Khomeini appoints Bazargan as prime minister of the provisional revolutionary government
Khomeini backs Bazargan's provisional government while revolutionary institutions grow in power
Khomeini appoints Bazargan and supports a provisional revolutionary government
Khomeini appoints Mehdi Bazargan as interim prime minister and orders supporters to obey him
Bazargan is appointed prime minister of the provisional revolutionary government
Khomeini orders supporters to defy Bakhtiar's curfew as the final uprising accelerates
Bakhtiar announces martial law and a curfew as armed clashes spread in Tehran
Bakhtiar's government collapses and he goes into hiding before fleeing Iran
The armed forces declare neutrality, causing the final collapse of the Pahlavi state
Khomeini declares victory as the monarchy collapses and the revolutionary state takes power
Khomeini's supporters take power after the collapse of Bakhtiar's government
Khomeini declares the triumph of the revolution after Bakhtiar's government collapses
Khomeini's followers consolidate power as the revolutionary victory becomes clear
Khomeini's movement takes power after the collapse of the monarchy
Khomeini declares victory as revolutionary forces defeat the monarchy's last government
Khomeini's revolutionary movement takes power after the monarchy collapses
Bahonar is associated with the Revolutionary Council and the formation of clerical political power
Bahonar is linked to the Revolutionary Council and the Islamic Republic Party
Bahonar helps organise revolutionary political activity around the Islamic Republic Party
Bahonar supports the clerical programme that leads to the Islamic Republic
Bahonar helps build clerical support for the Islamic Republic
Bahonar supports the Islamisation of politics after the revolution
Bahonar becomes a founder member of the Islamic Republic Party
Bahonar helps found the Islamic Republic Party and supports the revolutionary clerical programme
Bahonar is a founder member of the Islamic Republic Party
Beheshti helps organise the Islamic Republic Party to consolidate clerical political power
Khamenei becomes one of the clerical founders of the Islamic Republic Party
Rafsanjani helps found the Islamic Republic Party with other close supporters of Khomeini
Bahonar supports the revolutionary clerical movement after the fall of the monarchy
Bahonar supports revolutionary religious politics after the fall of the Shah
Women demonstrate in Tehran against pressure for compulsory Islamic veiling after the revolution
Kurdish unrest grows in Sanandaj as local groups challenge the authority of the new revolutionary state
Voting begins in a national referendum on replacing the monarchy with an Islamic Republic
Voting begins in a referendum on replacing the monarchy with an Islamic Republic
A national referendum begins on replacing the monarchy with an Islamic Republic
Bazargan's provisional government administers the referendum on creating an Islamic Republic
Taleghani becomes a leading revolutionary cleric and mediator in the early Islamic Republic
Khomeini announces the establishment of the Islamic Republic after the referendum result
Khomeini announces the establishment of the Islamic Republic after the referendum result
Khomeini announces the new Islamic Republic from Tehran after the national vote
Khomeini proclaims the Islamic Republic after the March referendum
Khomeini proclaims the Islamic Republic of Iran after the referendum
Khomeini declares the establishment of the Islamic Republic after the national referendum
Khomeini proclaims the Islamic Republic after the referendum result
Khomeini proclaims the Islamic Republic of Iran in Tehran
Former prime minister Hoveyda is executed after a revolutionary court trial
Motahhari is assassinated by the Furqan group, removing one of Khomeini's leading clerical allies
Khomeini issues the decree establishing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Abu Sharif becomes associated with early Revolutionary Guard organisation after the force is created
Iran's revolutionary government nationalizes private banks after the fall of the monarchy
The provisional government publishes a preliminary draft constitution for the Islamic Republic
Sabbaghian oversees elections for the Assembly of Experts for the Constitution
Beheshti plays a leading role as the Assembly of Experts begins work on the constitution
Taleghani dies in Tehran, removing a prominent revolutionary cleric with broad popular appeal
Beheshti helps secure approval of constitutional provisions giving ultimate authority to a religious jurist
The former Shah receives medical treatment in the United States for advanced cancer
The Shah enters the United States for medical treatment, intensifying revolutionary anger in Iran
The former Shah enters the United States for medical treatment, intensifying revolutionary anger in Iran
The embassy seizure turns Iran's revolutionary crisis into a major confrontation with the United States
The seizure of the US Embassy breaks the revolutionary government's relationship with Washington
Students following the Imam's Line seize the US Embassy and take American personnel hostage
Iranian students seize the US Embassy and begin the hostage crisis involving 52 Americans
Students demand the Shah's return for trial after seizing the US Embassy in Tehran
The Revolutionary Council assumes greater governing authority after Bazargan's provisional cabinet resigns
The Revolutionary Council assumes more direct governing responsibility after Bazargan resigns
Bazargan and his cabinet resign in protest after the seizure of the US Embassy
Bazargan resigns after the seizure of the US Embassy and the weakening of the provisional government
Bazargan resigns after the US Embassy is seized and the provisional government loses authority
Khomeini and the Revolutionary Council become the uncontested centre of power after Bazargan resigns
Iran begins releasing some women and African American hostages while most embassy captives remain detained
Iran's new constitution is approved by referendum, formalising the Islamic Republic's governing structure
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