Iran's merchants were an important part of the opposition movement that swept Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi from power in 1979.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Former Ambassador to Pakistan Wendy Chamberlin says anti-U.S.feeling began with American support for President General Zia ul Haq in 1979.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

The two countries have not had formal relations since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution and interaction between the two countries' diplomats has been infrequent.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

Mr.Medvedev was asked whether he had given Mr.Obama advice on Afghanistan, which the former Soviet Union had invaded in 1979 with disastrous results.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Pakistan has managed Iran's interests in the U.S.since Washington severed diplomatic ties after the 1979 Islamic revolution.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

One feature score brought him an Oscar nomination: the 1979 film Breaking Away is about a young man who hopes to become a cycling champion.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Virtually every week since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Friday prayers in Tehran have been punctuated with the ritual cry of "Marg bar Amerika" Death to America.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

Since 1979, every McDonald's "Happy Meal" for children has included an enticing toy along with the food, from Star Wars action figures to Hello Kitty watches.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

The school is using a new textbook called "A History of Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979)".

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

Between 1975 and 1979, as many as two million Cambodians were murdered,starved, or worked to death as the ultra-communist Khmer Rouge tried to build a rural utopia.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

Egypt has had full diplomatic relations with Israel since the 1979 Camp David peace accords were signed by former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

He started making boots in Afghanistan in 1979.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06