Summary: The 1979 Iranian Revolution

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The 1979 Iranian Revolution formed an isolated, fundamentalist state and supported terrorism in the nation. The Safavids and Qajars were the two most important dynasties in Iran. The Safavids dynasty made Shia Islam the official religion and Qajar dynasty gave Muslim the political power. In 1906, the Qajars accepted a constitution, developed a parliament that protected minority rights, but the Shah disapproved. The Shah was the current ruler of Iran under the Pahlavi Dynasty. In 1951, Mohammed Mosaddegh became the Prime Minister but fled the country in 1953 when the citizens revolted against him and replaced with Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, a United States dictator. Pahlavi formed the white revolution which modernizes the Iran Society and …show more content…
During his exile, Khomeini sent cassette tapes back to Iran and his followers would make copies and distribute the tapes. Khomeini spoke out against the Americans and the anti-Muslims. Iranian students took over the American Embassy in Tehran and held 52 diplomats hostage for 444 days in the same year Khomeini was elected. The students were not going to release the hostages unless their demands were met, return the Shah to Iran for indictment, the Shah return money back to the Iranians, the United States could no longer interfere with Iran and an apology from the United States for their past mistakes. After President Jimmy Carter had left the Oval office, the hostages were released in 1981. Khomeini improved literacy and health care but took away women's rights. The Iran-Iraq War was the longest war that killed 500,000 Iranians between 1982-1988, which the American played Iran and Iraq. The United States sent military aid and money to Iraq but continued to send aid after Iraq used chemical weapons on their citizens and Iran. Khomeini passed away in 1989 and replaced by President Khamenei as the supreme leader after the following

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