The earliest Kurdish separatist activities in modern times refer to tribal revolts in today 's West Azerbaijan Province of Imperial State of Iran , prompted Causation in between of the two World Wars – the major of those were led by Simko Shikak , Jafar Sultan and Hama Rashid .

Many however , put Placing the starting point of the organized Kurdish political-nationalist separatism to 1943 , when Komala shortly afterwards KDPI began Process_start their political activities in Iran , aiming to gain partial or complete self-rule in Kurdish regions .

The Soviet supported attempt to establish a Kurdish state in Western Iran failed .

Insurrection led by PJAK in Western Iran started Process_start in 2004 and is ongoing to this day .

The government of Iran has never employed Employment the same level of brutality against its Kurds as did Turkey or Iraq , but it has always been implacably opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to any suggestion of Kurdish separatism .

Unlike in other Middle Eastern countries with Kurdish populations , Kurdish separatism in Iran has little to no support Supporting due to the very strong ethno-linguistical ties and the common history and culture they share with other Iranian peoples .

Kreyenbroek claims Statement many Kurds in Iran have shown Presence no interest in Kurdish nationalism , especially Shia Kurds , who even vigorously reject the idea of autonomy , preferring direct rule from Tehran .

The Kurds sharing a common history with the rest of the Iranian peoples is seen Perception_active as another reason for why even Kurdish leaders in Iran do not want a separate Kurdish state .

The Kish Airshow also known as Persian Gulf Airshow is an aviation airshow held Hold biennially on Kish Island , Iran .

Downplaying U.S. sanctions on Iran , during the 2005 airshow , Iran signed Sign_agreement a $ 980 million contract for the purchase of 25 Fokker aircraft with the Dutch company .

Downplaying U.S. sanctions on Iran , during the 2005 airshow , Iran signed Sign_agreement a $ 980 million contract for the purchase of 25 Fokker aircraft with the Dutch company .

The tournament Competition was won by North Korea , their second championship after sharing the trophy with Iran in 1976 , defeating Conquering Japan 5–3 in a penalty shootout after extra time finished Process_end in a 1–1 draw .

By November , they were stationed Placing at the confluence of the Araks and Kura Rivers , poised to attack mainland Iran .

The Shah left Departing Iran for exile on 16 January 1979 , as the last Persian monarch , leaving his duties to a regency council and Shapour Bakhtiar who was an opposition-based prime minister .

Ayatollah Khomeini was invited Request back to Iran by the government , and returned Arriving to Tehran to a greeting by several million Iranians .

Iran voted Choosing by national referendum to become Becoming an Islamic republic on 1 April 1979 and to formulate and approve Agree_or_refuse_to_act a new theocratic-republican constitution whereby Khomeini became Becoming Supreme Leader of the country in December 1979 .

Football Federation of Iran was awarded Giving as the Best Football Federation in Asia .

Both Iran and Hezbollah have denied Agree_or_refuse_to_act any involvement .

The British servicemen were seized Arrest while training Education_teaching Iraqi river patrol personnel after Iran said Statement they had strayed Self_motion to the Iranian side of the waterway .

The Royal Navy boats were operating Control close to the northern coast of the Persian Gulf in the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab waterway which divides southern Iran and Iraq .

The Tehran Conference Social_event ( codenamed Eureka ) was a strategy meeting Social_event of Joseph Stalin , Franklin D. Roosevelt , and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943 , after the Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran .

It was held in the Soviet Union 's embassy in Tehran , Iran .

The conference also addressed Expressing_publicly the 'Big Three ' Allies ' relations with Turkey and Iran , operations in Yugoslavia and against Japan , and the envisaged Arranging post-war settlement .

A separate protocol signed Sign_agreement at the conference pledged the Big Three to recognize Know Iran 's independence .

Developments in the course of the Syrian Civil War Military_operation reshuffled Change_of_leadership the situation near Israel 's northern border , putting Placing the Syrian Arab Republic , Hezbollah and the Syrian opposition Competition at odds with each other and complicating their relations with Israel , upon the emerging Coming_to_be warfare Hostile_encounter with Iran .

By 2017 , Israel and several Arab Sunni states led by Saudi Arabia , formed Coming_to_be a semi-official coalition to confront Confronting_problem Iran - a move Motion which some marked Recording as the fading Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of the Arab-Israeli Conflict .

The Battle of Marj Ardabil or the Battle of Ardabil was a battle Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter on the plains surrounding the city of Ardabil in northwestern Iran in 730 .

Barjik 's expedition into northern Iran ( and later into Kurdistan and northern Mesopotamia ) may have been an attempt to establish Creating Khazar rule south of the Caucasus Mountains .

The Iran crisis of 1946 , also known as the Azerbaijan Crisis ( translit .

The end of World War II should have resulted in Causation the end Process_end of the Allied joint Collaboration occupation of Iran .

In August–September 1941 , Pahlavi Iran had been jointly invaded Attack and occupied Control by the Allied powers of the Soviet Red Army in the north and by the British in the centre and south .

Iran was used Using by the Americans and the British as a transportation route to provide Supply vital supplies to the Soviet Union 's war efforts .

In the aftermath of the occupation of Iran , those Allied forces agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to withdraw Escaping from Iran within six months after the cessation of hostilities .

In the aftermath of the occupation of Iran , those Allied forces agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to withdraw Escaping from Iran within six months after the cessation of hostilities .

However , when this deadline came Self_motion in early 1946 , the Soviets , under Joseph Stalin , remained Presence in Iran .

It then turned Motion northward into the Gulf of Oman , and dissipated Dispersal on June 7 , after making landfall in southern Iran , the first landfall in the country since 1898 .

In Iran , the cyclone Catastrophe caused Causation 28 deaths Death and $ in damage Damaging ( 2007 USD ) .