Tehran in the Cold War

The atlas holds 20 people and 31 moments here, from 1953 to 1989. The most recorded lives are Ruhollah Khomeini, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Ebrahim Raisi.

Notable people

  1. Ali Khamenei

    in 1981

    1 moment here

    Iranian Shia cleric and politician who was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989 and supreme leader from 1989 until his death in 2026.…

  2. Andy Warhol

    in 1976

    1 moment here

    American artist and filmmaker whose work helped define Pop art. Born in Pittsburgh, Warhol studied there before moving to New York in 1949.…

  3. Anwar Sadat

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian army officer, Free Officer, politician, and president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981.…

  4. Ebrahim Raisi

    from 1985 to 1989

    2 moments here

    Iranian cleric, judicial official, and politician who served as president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024.…

  5. Elizabeth II

    in 1961

    1 moment here

    Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…

  6. Indira Gandhi

    in 1974

    1 moment here

    Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…

  7. Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

    in 1987

    1 moment here

    Peruvian diplomat and politician who became the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991).…

  8. Jawaharlal Nehru

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…

  9. Jimmy Carter

    in 1977

    1 moment here

    James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…

  10. Margaret Thatcher

    in 1978

    1 moment here

    British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…

  11. Maryam Mirzakhani

    in 1977

    1 moment here

    Iranian mathematician whose work transformed the study of hyperbolic surfaces, moduli spaces, and dynamics.…

  12. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

    from 1953 to 1979

    5 moments here

    Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.…

  13. Olav V

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…

  14. Richard Nixon

    in 1972

    1 moment here

    Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…

  15. Ruhollah Khomeini

    from 1963 to 1989

    7 moments here

    Iranian Shia cleric, revolutionary leader, and first Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.…

  16. Saddam Hussein

    in 1975

    1 moment here

    Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…

  17. Stephen Hawking

    in 1962

    1 moment here

    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…

  18. Willy Brandt

    in 1972

    1 moment here

    German Social Democratic politician, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in Lübeck. He lived in exile in Norway and Sweden during the Nazi era, became…

  19. Yasser Arafat

    in 1979

    1 moment here

    Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…

  20. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

    in 1973

    1 moment here

    Pakistani barrister and statesman who served as Pakistan’s fourth president (1971–1973) and ninth prime minister (1973–1977).…

Moments

  1. 1953 Return to Iran after the coup Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
  2. 1959 Visit to Tehran Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. 1961 Visited Tehran Elizabeth II
  4. 1962 Journey through Iran Stephen Hawking
  5. 1963 Detention and transfer to Tehran Ruhollah Khomeini
  6. 1964 Removal through Mehrabad Airport Ruhollah Khomeini
  7. 1965 State visit to Iran Olav V
  8. 1967 Imperial coronation Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
  9. 1971 Address to the Iranian parliament Anwar Sadat
  10. 1971 Opening Shahyad Aryamehr museum Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
  11. 1972 Visit to Tehran Willy Brandt
  12. 1972 Official visit to Tehran Richard Nixon
  13. 1973 State visit to Tehran Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
  14. 1974 Official visit to Tehran Indira Gandhi
  15. 1975 Visit to Tehran Saddam Hussein
  16. 1976 Portrait trip to Iran Andy Warhol
  17. 1977 Birth in Tehran Maryam Mirzakhani
  18. 1977 Tehran state visit Jimmy Carter
  19. 1978 Visit to Iran Margaret Thatcher
  20. 1978 Overflight of Tehran demonstration Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
  21. 1979 Departure from Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
  22. 1979 Return at Mehrabad International Airport Ruhollah Khomeini
  23. 1979 Visit to revolutionary Tehran Yasser Arafat
  24. 1980 Hospitalization in Tehran Ruhollah Khomeini
  25. 1980 Residence in Darband Ruhollah Khomeini
  26. 1980 Residence at Jamaran Hussainiya Ruhollah Khomeini
  27. 1981 Aboozar Mosque assassination attempt Ali Khamenei
  28. 1985 Move to Tehran as deputy prosecutor Ebrahim Raisi
  29. 1987 Meeting with Iranian President Khamenei Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
  30. 1989 Tehran prosecutor tenure Ebrahim Raisi
  31. 1989 Death in Jamaran Ruhollah Khomeini

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