📅 5 February 1979
Bazargan was asked to form a provisional government and organize the transition to a new republic.
📅 5 February 1979
Bazargan's appointment joined the Islamic leadership with a veteran nationalist and supporter of Mossadegh.
📅 5 February 1979
Bakhtiar still headed the royal cabinet, while the revolutionary movement recognized Bazargan's provisional government.
📅 5 February 1979
The provisional administration was expected to hold a referendum, prepare constitutional arrangements and restore basic government services.
📅 14 June 1979
The provisional government's draft proposed republican institutions and mechanisms for reviewing legislation.
📅 14 June 1979
Political organizations, clerics and citizens argued over rights, sovereignty, social justice and Islamic authority.
📅 14 June 1979
The stronger office of the leading jurist emerged during later deliberations in the elected Assembly of Experts.
📅 14 June 1979
The text sought to institutionalize independence, participation and a break with the monarchical constitution.
📅 6 November 1979
The prime minister and cabinet stepped down after failing to secure an end to the embassy occupation.
📅 6 November 1979
Executive authority shifted more directly toward the Revolutionary Council and institutions aligned with the Islamic leadership.
📅 6 November 1979
Anti-imperialist mobilization strengthened the students and clerical leadership while marginalizing gradualist nationalists.
📅 6 November 1979
The resignation closed the coalition administration formed before the monarchy's collapse.
