Process Essay: The Iranian Revolution

The Iranian Revolution led to the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was supported by the USA by Ayatollah Khomeini, who led the mass movement against the Shah and was backed by various leftist and student organizations. It resulted to the end of 2500 years of monarchy in Iran and the establishment of an 'Islamic Republic'. The political developments were welcomed by the USSR since it gave them an edge over the USA for political control in the middle east. According to some Iranians, the Shah was not religious enough. Some believed that the Shah’s policies were too oppressive. On the other hand, some believed that the Shah was modernizing without preserving Iran’s cultural heritage and others were angry that he was moving too slowly. In addition, some believed that the Shah did not grant women enough rights and others thought that women had too many rights, however, the Ayatollah try to collect the power against the Shah from given to use these rights. There was the wealth inequality between the Shah and the nobility and common Iranian citizens most importantly. There was immense poverty …show more content…
We need to understand these conditions, we need to look at that ‘How the government’ before the revolution. At this point, ‘authoritarianism’, which means that it is a form of government that is characterized by absolute authority as against individual freedom, is an important concept for these process because, in Iran, The Shah was an authoritarian who prevented people from expressing their own opinions. Iranian wanted to be in control of their own affairs. Iranian wanted some form of self-government or democracy. As well as, The Shah was also seen as a Western puppet, especially when the CIA overthrow Iranian President Mossadegh in 1953 to re-install the Shah of Iran and considering how Iran profited very little from its own