Armed Conflict Events Data
Index of Wars and Conflicts relating to Iran
This index presents historical and modern wars and conflicts taking place in the present territory of, or relating to, Iran. Iran, known as Persia until 1935, has been an independent state for millenia.
Map of Iran courtesy of CIA World Factbook
First Russo-Persian War 1804-13
Turko-Persian War 1821-23
Second Russo-Persian War 1825-28
Afghan-Persian War 1836-38
Persian Invasion of Afghanistan 1856-7
Anglo-Persian War 1856-57
Assassination of the Persian Shah 1896
Persian Constitutional Revolt 1906-7
Persian Civil War 1908-9
Persian Counter-Revolution 1910
Russo-Persian War 1911
"Red" Invasion of Persia 1920
Reza Khan's Coup: Persia 1921
Kurdish Rebellion in Iran 1930
World War II 1939-45
Kurdish Mahabad Republic 1945-46
Anglo-American Plot: Iran 1953
Iranian Military Coup 1953
Shatt al Arab Dispute 1969-71
Iranian Plot: Iraq 1970
Iranian Revolution 1978-79
Iran Hostage Crisis 1979-81
Second Kurdistan Movement 1979-95
Iran-Iraq War 1980-88
Battle at the Grand Mosque 1987
Strait of Hormuz Incident 1988
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