20 January 1981International Agreement at AlgiersRuhollah Khomeini
Iranian assets are transferred under the Algiers agreements, including movement through a Bank of England account
Historical records for Iran in 1981, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Iranian assets are transferred under the Algiers agreements, including movement through a Bank of England account
All 52 American hostages are released after the Algiers agreements take effect on Reagan's inauguration day
Serves as Minister of Education before becoming prime minister under Mohammad Ali Rajai
Bahonar backs revolutionary cultural policy aimed at removing secular influence from universities
Khomeini removes Banisadr from command of the armed forces as the political struggle with clerical leaders deepens
PMOI supporters join major demonstrations against clerical rule as the confrontation with the Islamic Republic turns violent
PMOI conflict with the authorities escalates after Banisadr's impeachment and the suppression of opposition demonstrations
Majles votes that Banisadr is politically incompetent after his conflict with Khomeini and Islamic Republic Party leaders
Khomeini dismisses Banisadr from the presidency after the parliamentary vote against him
Khamenei is badly wounded when a bomb hidden in a tape recorder explodes during a speech in Tehran
Beheshti is killed in the bombing of the Islamic Republic Party headquarters
Mohammad Montazeri is among the parliamentarians and officials killed in the Islamic Republic Party headquarters bombing
Bahonar becomes secretary general of the Islamic Republic Party after Mohammad Beheshti is assassinated
Bahonar rises to party leadership after Beheshti is killed in the Hafte Tir bombing
Bahonar becomes secretary general of the Islamic Republic Party after Beheshti's assassination
Bahonar becomes secretary general after Mohammad Beheshti is killed in the Islamic Republic Party bombing
Bahonar takes over Islamic Republic Party leadership after Beheshti is killed
Banisadr becomes associated with the National Council of Resistance of Iran as an opposition coalition forms against the government
Banisadr joins opposition efforts around the National Council of Resistance of Iran
Rajavi helps form the National Council of Resistance of Iran as an umbrella opposition organisation
Rajavi helps establish the National Council of Resistance of Iran as an opposition coalition
Rajai wins the presidential election held after Banisadr's removal from office
Rajai takes office as President of Iran after winning the July election
Khomeini confirms Rajai as president during the rapid transfer of power after Banisadr's dismissal
Bahonar becomes the second prime minister of the Islamic Republic after the 1979 revolution
Bahonar serves as prime minister in the Islamic Republic government
Bahonar serves as prime minister and secretary general of the Islamic Republic Party
Bahonar combines senior government office with leadership of the Islamic Republic Party
Bahonar becomes prime minister and leads the government until his assassination later in August
Bahonar takes office as prime minister before being assassinated later that month
Bahonar becomes prime minister under President Mohammad Ali Rajai
Bahonar is appointed prime minister under President Mohammad Ali Rajai
Bahonar becomes prime minister under President Mohammad Ali Rajai
Rajai is killed in the Prime Minister's office bombing
Bahonar is killed when a bomb explodes at the prime minister's office in Tehran
Bahonar is assassinated in the bombing of the prime minister's office
Bahonar is assassinated in the prime minister's office bombing
Death of Mohammad Javad Bahonar after the prime minister's office bombing
Death of Mohammad Javad Bahonar after the 30 August bombing in Tehran
Iranian authorities blame the Peoples Mojahedin of Iran for the bombing that kills Bahonar
The PMOI is blamed by Iranian authorities for the bombing that kills Bahonar
Keshmiri is identified by Iranian authorities as the infiltrator who carried the bomb into the prime minister's office
Mousavi serves as foreign minister in the turbulent period before becoming prime minister
Mahdavi-Kani becomes interim prime minister after the deaths of Rajai and Bahonar
Mahdavi-Kani is appointed interim prime minister after the deaths of Rajai and Bahonar
Mahdavi-Kani leads an interim government after the Rajai-Bahonar assassination
Mahdavi-Kani serves as prime minister during the short interim government after the August bombing
Mahdavi-Kani serves as prime minister during the emergency transition after August 1981
Rezaei becomes commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps during the war
Fakouri supports the Abadan offensive through Iranian air force command
Fallahi helps direct the Iranian operation to relieve Abadan
Jahanara is associated with IRGC field activity in Khuzestan during the operation to break the Abadan siege
Khomeini backs the offensive that breaks the Iraqi siege of Abadan
Namjoo is involved in the command review of the successful Abadan operation
Fakouri is killed in the Iranian Air Force C-130 crash after returning from the front
Fallahi is killed when a returning Iranian military C-130 crashes near Kahrizak
Jahanara is killed in the C-130 crash while returning from the southwest war front
Namjoo is killed in the C-130 crash with other senior military commanders
Khamenei wins the presidential election following the assassination of Mohammad Ali Rajai
Khomeini installs Khamenei as President of Iran after the October election
Khamenei takes office as president during wartime and internal political repression
Majles approves Mousavi as prime minister after Khomeini accepts him as a compromise candidate
Mousavi becomes Prime Minister of Iran under President Ali Khamenei
Mousavi becomes prime minister within the Islamic Republic's clerical political order
Appointed Prime Minister of Iran after Majles approval and Khomeini's backing
Mousavi becomes Prime Minister of Iran and begins a wartime premiership lasting until 1989
Mousavi begins his premiership under President Ali Khamenei during the Iran-Iraq War
Velayati fails to secure a parliamentary vote of confidence as Khamenei searches for a prime minister
Banisadr helps establish the National Council of Resistance of Iran in exile
Rajavi helps establish the National Council of Resistance of Iran as an exile opposition coalition
Khamenei nominates Ali Akbar Velayati for prime minister, but the Majles does not approve him
Khomeini supports the offensive that helps Iran retake Bostan from Iraqi forces
Rashid is assigned an operational command role in the offensive to retake Bostan
Rezaei supervises Revolutionary Guard planning for Operation Tariq al-Quds
Sayad Shirazi supervises army planning for the Bostan offensive
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