The following lists events that happened during 1959 in the Imperial State of Iran.
Incumbents Shah: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Prime Minister: Manouchehr Eghbal
Events Establishment of Tehran Nuclear Research Center (TNRC).
March March 5 – At Ankara, the United States agreed to defend the remaining members of the Central Treaty Organization in case of attack, signing bilateral defense agreements with Iran, Turkey and Pakistan.John P. Miglietta, American Alliance Policy in the Middle East, 1945–1992: Iran, Israel, and Saudi Arabia (Lexington Books, 2002), pp.44–45
See also Years in Iraq Years in Afghanistan
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