Heres a brief timeline of major events in usiranian relations. A web designer in london was amazed to discover that iranian election protesters are attacking the iranian presidents web site using software he. Anonymous, together with the pirate bay and various iranian hackers, launched an iranian green movement support site called anonymous iran. Also city and village council elections are held every four years throughout the country. Since late 2017, there have been hundreds of protests in iran per month about such issues as deteriorating economic conditions, environmental degradation, and political grievances. Protests in the central city of sirjan, in irans largest province of kerman. Irans protests and the threat to domestic stability. Timeline of the 2009 iranian election protests wikiwand. The iranian protest movement is currently too decentralized and iranian security forces. A chronology of key events in iran s history, from the first persian empire to the present. Protesters take to the streets, forcing the shah to flee the country.
Iran expert maysam behravesh criticized president donald trumps hypocrisy on iran and argued why the protests are a far. Following the 2009 iranian presidential election, protests against alleged electoral. The iranian revolutiona timeline of events brookings institution. As of 2012, an average of 27% of internet sites were blocked at a given time and as of 20 almost 50% of the top 500 visited websites worldwide were blocked, including youtube. Irans islamic revolution shook the world in 1979, with currents that continue to. Following the 2009 iranian presidential election, protests against alleged electoral fraud and in.
Following allegations of vote rigging after the results of the june 2009 iranian presidential election were announced, declaring iran s incumbent president mahmoud ahmadinejad as the winner, thousands of iranians participated in demonstrations. The move prompted protests or condemnation from shiites in iran, iraq, bahrain, turkey, pakistan, india, lebanon, and yemen. Protests against the highly controversial 2009 iranian presidential election results persian. A web designer in london was amazed to discover that iranian election protesters are attacking the iranian presidents web site using software he developed in his spare time, he told cnn wednesday. Since the election a year ago, iranian society, and the regime itself, have been in turmoil. Demonstrators attend a protest against the assassination of the. Iranians vote in nationwide elections for the assembly of experts. The president is elected for a fouryear term by the people. Timeline of iran election turmoil a demonstrator wears the colours of leading opposition presidential candidate mir hossein mousavi, who claims there was voting fraud in the election iran has been shaken by several days of protests as opposition supporters cry foul over presidential election results in the biggest popular upheaval since the 1979 revolution. See wikipedia, timeline of the 2009 iranian election protests, no.
Here is a look at recent events in iran as the nation prepares to vote. Timeline of nuclear diplomacy with iran arms control. Incumbent mahmoud ahmadinejad is declared the winner amid many indications that the election was rigged. Bbc news middle east timeline of iran election turmoil. Iran and the united states have had no formal diplomatic relations since 1980. Timeline of the 2009 iranian election protests wikipedia. This sparks weeks of protests within iran and delays diplomatic efforts to. Here is a timeline of post election events june 12, 2009. Supporters of proreform candidate mir hossein mousavi have cried foul and clashed with riot police in tehran, despite a ban on public protests.
Timeline of events associated with anonymous wikipedia. As of 2018, iran has an estimate internet penetration rate of between 64% to 69% out of a population of about 82 million. There had been a surge of interest in iran s presidential election, with unprecedented live television debates between the candidates and rallies attended by thousands. Starting with the islamic revolution in 1979, this timeline details major events in iran and the international responses to its nuclear program. The parliament or islamic consultative assembly majlise shuraye.
January 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message. Irans protests and the threat to domestic stability center for. He previously cohosted a program on londonbased manoto tv. Export restrictions 539 these protestors are unique not only in their uncharacteristic. However, these protests are unlikely to threaten regime survivalat least for now. Contacts are carried out through the iranian interests section of the pakistani embassy in washington, d. In the first few years of the 21st century, iran experienced a great surge in internet usage. Timeline of the 2009 iranian election protests and results of the iranian presidential election, 2009. What iran protests against the regime mean for the countrys future.
Ahmadinejad wins iran presidential election bbc news. The software was developed by oversea chinese scientists to allow mainland chinese users to break through the. Iranians flock to the polls, many hoping to bring change to the islamic regime. Mashhad governor mohammad norouzian told iranian media the protest was organized via social media by counterrevolutionary elements. Timeline of irans foreign relations the iran primer. As protests surge in iraq and lebanon, the iranian regime also has to deal with its own protest movement. Ayatollah ali khamenei, irans supreme leader, says that the protest. The message encouraged dialogue between the two countries and criticized irans human rights violations during postelection protests. Iran elects on national level a head of state and head of government the president, a legislature the majlis, and an assembly of experts which elects the supreme leader. Pakistan serves as irans protecting power in the united states, while switzerland serves as the united states protecting power in iran. November 2011 iranians storm the british embassy in tehran in a protest against. Irans 2020 parliamentary elections atlantic council. Britons software a surprise weapon in iran cyberwar.