Although Iran was not involved in World War II, Iran was a major member for the Western countries especially the U.S. and Britain. Iran during the Cold War had many international and national problems that affected their economy. The changes in their government leaders affected their economy the most.
Nationalization means to bring under the ownership or control of a nation, as industries and land (Dictionary.com). The Shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlevi favored the Western influences. Iran’s newly elected Prime Minister, Mohammed Mosaddeq though was a strong nationalist and he did not believe in the overly societal Western influence (gilderlehrman.com). Mosaddeq lead attacks on the British oil coteries in Iran to try and reinforce the need …show more content…
A group of Iranian students bombarded the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran. They held hostage more than 60 American hostages and held them for 444 days (History.com). It is reported that the students took over the embassy because of U.S.’s possible action of bringing the Shah to the U.S. to help him get treated for cancer (History.com). But there was more reason for the attack on the embassy. The students wanted to help promote the power of their newly elected spiritual leader, Khomeini. According to History.com, the students attacked the embassy to show the freedom of Iran from America’s involvement in their affairs. This attack was a way of showing Iran’s severe disliking to the U.S. and the Shah. But it was also a way of promoting the power of the newly elected leader, Khomeini since he encouraged the hostage’s motive of the holding of people in the embassy since he did not like how the U.S. supported the Shah (iranchamber.com). In Tehran, the students released some hostages that were female, African-American, or had health problems (History.com). The hostages lived in fear everyday not knowing if they would be tortured or killed. The hostages were never seriously injured but they were subjected to a rich variety of demeaning and terrifying treatment: they were blindfolded and displayed in front of TV cameras and taunting crowds (History.com). It is also reported that U.S. President Jimmy Carter was aware of the …show more content…
Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein deliberately started the war on September 22, 1980 (History.com). Hussein called for the war mainly because Iran invaded the Shatt al-Arab, which is the waterway boundary between the two neighboring countries. The war between them was basically about territorial disputes. The Iran-Iraq War lasted longer than any World War because both sides were too stubborn to stop (History.com). Both Iran and Iraq were supplying oil to different countries and were procuring different military weaponry, it granted both of them to be supplied with resources to fight the war. But, Iraq was supported by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait which granted Iraq with more advanced weaponry than Iran. The war also used three different approaches of warfare than any other world war; both countries used missile attacks but Iraq mostly used this approach, they both used chemical warfare which was again mostly used by Iraq, and both attacked each other’s oil tankers in the since they both relied heavily on their oil (History.com). To get the oil, Iraq used heavily supplied aircrafts and missiles to extract oil from Iran’s terminals, while Iran used helicopters and gunboats to get oil from Iraq Arab terminals (History.com). Although Iraq had more advanced weaponry than Iran, Iran rejected the order of a ceasefire on June 10, 1982.
Nationalization means to bring under the ownership or control of a nation, as industries and land (Dictionary.com). The Shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlevi favored the Western influences. Iran’s newly elected Prime Minister, Mohammed Mosaddeq though was a strong nationalist and he did not believe in the overly societal Western influence (gilderlehrman.com). Mosaddeq lead attacks on the British oil coteries in Iran to try and reinforce the need …show more content…
A group of Iranian students bombarded the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran. They held hostage more than 60 American hostages and held them for 444 days (History.com). It is reported that the students took over the embassy because of U.S.’s possible action of bringing the Shah to the U.S. to help him get treated for cancer (History.com). But there was more reason for the attack on the embassy. The students wanted to help promote the power of their newly elected spiritual leader, Khomeini. According to History.com, the students attacked the embassy to show the freedom of Iran from America’s involvement in their affairs. This attack was a way of showing Iran’s severe disliking to the U.S. and the Shah. But it was also a way of promoting the power of the newly elected leader, Khomeini since he encouraged the hostage’s motive of the holding of people in the embassy since he did not like how the U.S. supported the Shah (iranchamber.com). In Tehran, the students released some hostages that were female, African-American, or had health problems (History.com). The hostages lived in fear everyday not knowing if they would be tortured or killed. The hostages were never seriously injured but they were subjected to a rich variety of demeaning and terrifying treatment: they were blindfolded and displayed in front of TV cameras and taunting crowds (History.com). It is also reported that U.S. President Jimmy Carter was aware of the …show more content…
Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein deliberately started the war on September 22, 1980 (History.com). Hussein called for the war mainly because Iran invaded the Shatt al-Arab, which is the waterway boundary between the two neighboring countries. The war between them was basically about territorial disputes. The Iran-Iraq War lasted longer than any World War because both sides were too stubborn to stop (History.com). Both Iran and Iraq were supplying oil to different countries and were procuring different military weaponry, it granted both of them to be supplied with resources to fight the war. But, Iraq was supported by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait which granted Iraq with more advanced weaponry than Iran. The war also used three different approaches of warfare than any other world war; both countries used missile attacks but Iraq mostly used this approach, they both used chemical warfare which was again mostly used by Iraq, and both attacked each other’s oil tankers in the since they both relied heavily on their oil (History.com). To get the oil, Iraq used heavily supplied aircrafts and missiles to extract oil from Iran’s terminals, while Iran used helicopters and gunboats to get oil from Iraq Arab terminals (History.com). Although Iraq had more advanced weaponry than Iran, Iran rejected the order of a ceasefire on June 10, 1982.