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Describe the recent history of Iran (1925-2001).
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a. (2nd) Shah of Iran (Raza Palavi): Leader of Iran during most of 1950s-70s. Westernized Iran, supported by the USA, sold USA much oil, was brutal to Iranians that opposed him, created brutal secret police (Savac), twice forced from power, considered a puppet of the USA by many Iranians, etc.
b. Mohammad Mosedec: Elected Prime Minister when the Shah forced from the country in 1952. Nationalized oil industry and recognized USSR. USA saw him as a communist sympathizer and used CIA to force him from power, allowing the Shah to return to power. c. Ayatollah Khomeini: Islamic fundamentalist that replaced the Shah and declared the USA to “The Great Satan” of the world. Refused to sell oil to the USA. d. U.S. Embassy hostage situation: Iranians took US embassy workers hostage for over a year when Khomeini came to power. e. Recent fears: The USA now fears that Iran is trying to develop a nuclear power and weapondry. |
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What is the former name of Iran?
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Persia
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What was the Iran/Contra Affair? Who were the important individuals involved?
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In the 1980s Oliver North and William Casey, assistants to President Reagan, illegally sold missiles to Iran and then diverted the profits to the Contras, Nicaraguan rebels trying to overthrow the democratically elected communist president (Daniel Ortega).
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