Timeline of Iranian (Persian) history from the age of Zarathustra, the founder of Zoroastrianism, through the death of the Ayatollah Khomeini.
Achaemenian Dynasty, Zarathustra (Zoroaster), Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, Xerxes, Invasion by Alexander the Great, Seleucid Dynasty, Parthian Revolt, Parthian Dynasty
Battle of Carrhae, Sassanian Dynasty, Arab/Islamic conquest of Iran, Foundation of Ismaili sect, Occultation of the 12th Imam, Lifetime of Firdausi, Seljuk Turkish Dynasty
Lifetime of Omar Khayyam, Ilkhanid Dynasty, Extermination of the Assassins, Ilkhanid sacking of Baghdad, Reign of Oljeitu, Safavid Dynasty, Safavid/Ottoman War, Expulsion of Uzbeks, Turks capture Persian capital, Persian civil war
Shah Abbas, Safavid/Kurdish War, Baloch invasion, Afghan invasion, Nadir Shah, Afsharid Dynasty, Qajar Dynasty
First and Second Russo-Persian Wars, Nasser al-Din Shah, Anglo-Persian War, Persian Constitutional Revolution, Anglo-Russian Agreement, World War I, Reza Shah Pahlavi's coup
Foundation of Pahlavi Dynasty, Reza Shah ousted by British and Soviets, Reign of Mohammad Reza Shah, Islamic Revolution, US Embassy seized, Iran/Iraq War, Death of the Ayatollah Khomeini
