https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/Records of the Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council registers; every value keeps its source and label.enTue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMThttps://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/proto-elamite-writing/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/proto-elamite-writing/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMTBefore the Iraniansneeds-citationElam, centred on Susa and Anshan, develops its own scripts. A proposed decipherment of Linear Elamite was published in 2022 and is still debated. Year: 3200 BCE (c.) Era: Before the Iranians Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/medes/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/medes/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMTAncient empiresneeds-citationFirst Iranian polity on the plateau, with its capital at Ecbatana (Hamadan). Year: 700 BCE (c.) Era: Ancient empires Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/cyrus-babylon/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/cyrus-babylon/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMTAncient empiresneeds-citationIRQCyrus enters Babylon. The Cyrus Cylinder speaks of gods and people returned to their homes. It does not name Judah or Jerusalem. Year: 539 BCE Era: Ancient empires Places: IRQ Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/darius-bisotun/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/darius-bisotun/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMTAncient empiresneeds-citationIRNTrilingual inscription in Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian; Persepolis is built. Year: 520 BCE (c.) Era: Ancient empires Places: IRN Sources: 1 listed [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/fall-of-persepolis/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/fall-of-persepolis/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMTAncient empiresneeds-citationEnd of the Achaemenid Empire; the Seleucid period begins. Year: 330 BCE Era: Ancient empires Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/parthians/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/parthians/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMTAncient empiresneeds-citationA decentralised empire that rivals Rome and brokers the Silk Road for nearly five centuries. Year: 247 BCE (c.) Era: Ancient empires Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/war-2026/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/war-2026/Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTIslamic RepublicdraftReported: protests from December 2025 to January 2026 in which many protesters were killed, according to human rights organisations; a nationwide internet shutdown; and military strikes on Iran by the United States and Israel from 28 February 2026. To verify; the news area follows the situation. Year: 2026 Era: Islamic Republic Places: — Sources: none yet [secondary]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/twelve-day-war/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/twelve-day-war/Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTIslamic RepublicdraftReported: twelve days of armed conflict between Israel and Iran, 13 to 24 June 2025, including United States strikes on Iranian sites. To verify against primary sources. Year: 2025 Era: Islamic Republic Places: — Sources: none yet [secondary]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/woman-life-freedom/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/woman-life-freedom/Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMTIslamic Republicneeds-citationThe death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini on 16 September 2022, after her arrest by the morality police, is followed by nationwide protests and by demonstrations across the diaspora. Year: 2022 Era: Islamic Republic Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/ps752/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/ps752/Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMTIslamic Republicneeds-citationFlight PS752 is shot down near Tehran on 8 January 2020. All 176 people on board are killed, many of them with ties to Canada. Iran's armed forces acknowledge responsibility three days later. Year: 2020 Era: Islamic Republic Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/aban-1398/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/aban-1398/Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMTIslamic Republicneeds-citationProtests follow a fuel-price rise. Human rights organisations document the killing of hundreds of protesters by security forces; the toll is contested. A near-total internet shutdown follows. Year: 2019 Era: Islamic Republic Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/green-movement/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/green-movement/Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMTIslamic Republicneeds-citationMass protests after the disputed presidential election; a new wave of activists and journalists leaves. Year: 2009 Era: Islamic Republic Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/iraqi-kurd-refugees-1991/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/iraqi-kurd-refugees-1991/Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMTIslamic Republicneeds-citationAfter the failed uprising of March 1991 large numbers of Iraqi Kurds cross the border into Iran and Turkey. Year: 1991 Era: Islamic Republic Places: — Sources: 1 listed [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/prison-massacres/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/prison-massacres/Fri, 01 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMTIslamic Republicneeds-citationThousands of political prisoners are executed over several months, as documented by human rights organisations and United Nations experts. The number is not agreed. For many in exile it remains a defining memory. Year: 1988 Era: Islamic Republic Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/bahai-women-shiraz-1983/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/bahai-women-shiraz-1983/Sat, 01 Jan 1983 00:00:00 GMTIslamic Republicneeds-citationTen Baha'i women were hanged in Shiraz in 1983. United Nations bodies have recorded the persecution of the Baha'i community since 1979. Year: 1983 Era: Islamic Republic Places: — Sources: 1 listed [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/iran-iraq-war/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/iran-iraq-war/Tue, 01 Jan 1980 00:00:00 GMTIslamic Republicneeds-citationIraq invades Iran on 22 September 1980. Eight years of war (1980 to 1988) follow, with chemical weapons use documented by United Nations missions, mass conscription and a wave of refugees. Year: 1980 Era: Islamic Republic Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/revolution-1979/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/revolution-1979/Mon, 01 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMTIslamic Republicneeds-citationThe monarchy falls; the Islamic Republic is founded; the first mass emigration begins. Year: 1979 Era: Islamic Republic Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/afghan-refugees-1979/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/afghan-refugees-1979/Mon, 01 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMTIslamic Republicneeds-citationAfter the 1979 Soviet intervention millions of Afghans cross into Iran and Pakistan. Many Dari speakers settle in Iran and their children are born there, often without citizenship. Year: 1979 Era: Islamic Republic Places: — Sources: 1 listed [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/white-revolution/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/white-revolution/Tue, 01 Jan 1963 00:00:00 GMTPahlavi Iranneeds-citationLand reform and votes for women; the Confederation of Iranian Students organises abroad. Year: 1963 Era: Pahlavi Iran Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/bahai-campaign-1955/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/bahai-campaign-1955/Sat, 01 Jan 1955 00:00:00 GMTPahlavi Iranneeds-citationSermons and mob attacks against Baha'is in spring 1955 mark the first of several waves of persecution of the community. Year: 1955 Era: Pahlavi Iran Places: — Sources: 1 listed [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/coup-1953/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/coup-1953/Thu, 01 Jan 1953 00:00:00 GMTPahlavi Iranneeds-citationTwo years after oil nationalisation, a coup removes Prime Minister Mosaddegh. Declassified United States records confirm United States and United Kingdom involvement. Year: 1953 Era: Pahlavi Iran Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/jewish-emigration-1948/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/jewish-emigration-1948/Thu, 01 Jan 1948 00:00:00 GMTPahlavi Iranneeds-citationMany Iranian Jews leave for Israel from 1948. The Jewish community of Iran stays, and later waves in 1979 send many to Los Angeles, New York and Israel. Year: 1948 Era: Pahlavi Iran Places: — Sources: 1 listed [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/azerbaijan-mahabad/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/azerbaijan-mahabad/Tue, 01 Jan 1946 00:00:00 GMTPahlavi Iranneeds-citationSoviet-backed autonomous governments in Tabriz and Mahabad end in 1946. Year: 1946 Era: Pahlavi Iran Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/polish-refugees/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/polish-refugees/Thu, 01 Jan 1942 00:00:00 GMTPahlavi Iranneeds-citationSome 116,000 Polish refugees, many of them children, arrive from the USSR; a memory shared with Poland. Year: 1942 Era: Pahlavi Iran Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/iran-name/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/iran-name/Tue, 01 Jan 1935 00:00:00 GMTPahlavi Iranneeds-citationThe government asks foreign states to use "Iran" instead of "Persia". Year: 1935 Era: Pahlavi Iran Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/pahlavi/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/pahlavi/Thu, 01 Jan 1925 00:00:00 GMTPahlavi Iranneeds-citationCentralisation, conscription, Persian-only schooling, the 1936 unveiling decree. Year: 1925 Era: Pahlavi Iran Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/constitution/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/constitution/Mon, 01 Jan 1906 00:00:00 GMTQajar Iranneeds-citationFirst Majles and constitution; women's associations form; exile politics begins. Year: 1906 Era: Qajar Iran Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/akhtar/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/akhtar/Sat, 01 Jan 1876 00:00:00 GMTQajar Iranneeds-citationTUREarly Persian-language press abroad; later Qanun (London, 1890) and Habl al-Matin (Calcutta, 1893). Year: 1876 Era: Qajar Iran Places: TUR Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/bab/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/bab/Mon, 01 Jan 1844 00:00:00 GMTQajar Iranneeds-citationBirth of the Babi movement, from which the Baha'i Faith emerges; Baha'u'llah is exiled, and the Baha'i World Centre is later established in Haifa. Year: 1844 Era: Qajar Iran Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/turkmenchay/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/turkmenchay/Tue, 01 Jan 1828 00:00:00 GMTQajar Iranneeds-citationAfter the Treaty of Gulistan (1813), Qajar Iran cedes the South Caucasus to Russia, dividing Azerbaijani lands along the Aras. Year: 1828 Era: Qajar Iran Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/new-julfa/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/new-julfa/Thu, 01 Jan 1604 00:00:00 GMTEarly modern Iranneeds-citationShah Abbas I forcibly transfers the Armenians of Julfa; New Julfa becomes the hub of a global Armenian trading diaspora. Year: 1604 Era: Early modern Iran Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/safavids/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/safavids/Tue, 01 Jan 1501 00:00:00 GMTEarly modern Iranneeds-citationShah Ismail I makes Twelver Shi'ism the state religion, reshaping Iranian identity. Year: 1501 Era: Early modern Iran Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/hafez/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/hafez/Fri, 01 Jan 1390 00:00:00 GMTClassical poetryneeds-citationThe Divan of Hafez becomes the most widely read Persian poetry, used for divination at Yalda and Nowruz. Year: 1390 (c.) Era: Classical poetry Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/rumi/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/rumi/Sun, 01 Jan 1273 00:00:00 GMTClassical poetryneeds-citationTURMawlana Jalal al-Din, born in Balkh, leaves the Masnavi; the Persianate world reaches from Anatolia to India. Year: 1273 Era: Classical poetry Places: TUR Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/maragheh/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/maragheh/Wed, 01 Jan 1259 00:00:00 GMTTurkic and Mongol eraneeds-citationNasir al-Din Tusi founds the observatory under the Ilkhanids. Year: 1259 Era: Turkic and Mongol era Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/avicenna-canon/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/avicenna-canon/Sat, 01 Jan 1025 00:00:00 GMTPersian renaissanceneeds-citationIbn Sina's Canon becomes a standard medical text in the Islamic world and Europe for centuries. Year: 1025 (c.) Era: Persian renaissance Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/shahnameh/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/shahnameh/Mon, 01 Jan 1010 00:00:00 GMTPersian renaissanceneeds-citationThe national epic, about 50,000 couplets, preserves Iranian history and myth in Persian. Year: 1010 Era: Persian renaissance Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/samanids/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/samanids/Tue, 01 Jan 0819 00:00:00 GMTPersian renaissanceneeds-citationNew Persian written in Arabic script flourishes under the Samanids; Rudaki writes. Year: 819 (c.) Era: Persian renaissance Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/arab-conquest/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/arab-conquest/Wed, 01 Jan 0651 00:00:00 GMTIslamic Iranneeds-citationArab conquest completed; conversion to Islam takes some three centuries; Zoroastrians persist in Yazd and Kerman, and some migrate to Gujarat as the Parsis. Year: 651 Era: Islamic Iran Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/sasanians/https://iranians.global/heritage/chronology/sasanians/Thu, 01 Jan 0224 00:00:00 GMTAncient empiresneeds-citationZoroastrian state, Middle Persian court culture, Gondishapur learning; Manichaeism and Mazdakism arise. Year: 224 Era: Ancient empires Places: — Sources: none yet [to verify]