The last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, had a solid group of supporters and a continuous group of adamant opposition. His opponents were against and hostile toward his actions and policies of attempting to secularize and progress Iran towards modernity. The fundamentalist’s of Iran vehemently disagreed that Iran should have ties to the West. To their dismay, the Shah of Iran strengthen ties to the West and particularly to the United States of America after the 1953 Iranian Coup. The CIA and the British were the masterminds of the coup. It removed the Prime Minister of Iran, Mohammad Mosaddegh. His plan was to nationalize Iranian oil and reduce America’s and England’s intervention in Iran. Both countries were worried of the plan and launched
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Clothing of European styles was in fashion. Women made many major and historical achievements due to the reforms of the White Revolution. Two of the referendums of the Shah’s White Revolution was reforming the land and giving more of a voice to women politically and socially. The past dynasty, Qajar, was based on a feudalist system and therefore women could not own land. With the implementation of the White Revolution women could finally own land. The ability of women to own land brought women more power than ever before. In Politics, Iranian women could hold office in the parliament and had more of an influence in public policy. Honor killings, stoning, and flogging were taboo and essentially …show more content…
The Shah banned women from wearing the hijab in 1936 and years before in 1929 advocated both men and women to wear Western clothing. While the Shah and his political agency took steps to inform the people they did not expect the outlash from the citizens. Many Iranian women viewed this act of the Shah as unprecedented and liberating for women’s rights in Iran (Sanasarian 1982).
Another sector of women, primarily elder-conservative women, viewed this as a fast changing of the guard. They described banning the hijab as limiting freedom. It was also denying free speech because many who wore the hijab considered it as a non-verbal opposition of the Shah’s policies. Women who were against the decree that wearing the hijab was illegal were fueling into their idea that the Shah and his various advisors were over-reaching their power. They felt a revolution was necessary to maintain Iranian and Islamic values. Ataturk, the first president of Turkey, inspired the Pahlavi’s unveiling
Clothing of European styles was in fashion. Women made many major and historical achievements due to the reforms of the White Revolution. Two of the referendums of the Shah’s White Revolution was reforming the land and giving more of a voice to women politically and socially. The past dynasty, Qajar, was based on a feudalist system and therefore women could not own land. With the implementation of the White Revolution women could finally own land. The ability of women to own land brought women more power than ever before. In Politics, Iranian women could hold office in the parliament and had more of an influence in public policy. Honor killings, stoning, and flogging were taboo and essentially …show more content…
The Shah banned women from wearing the hijab in 1936 and years before in 1929 advocated both men and women to wear Western clothing. While the Shah and his political agency took steps to inform the people they did not expect the outlash from the citizens. Many Iranian women viewed this act of the Shah as unprecedented and liberating for women’s rights in Iran (Sanasarian 1982).
Another sector of women, primarily elder-conservative women, viewed this as a fast changing of the guard. They described banning the hijab as limiting freedom. It was also denying free speech because many who wore the hijab considered it as a non-verbal opposition of the Shah’s policies. Women who were against the decree that wearing the hijab was illegal were fueling into their idea that the Shah and his various advisors were over-reaching their power. They felt a revolution was necessary to maintain Iranian and Islamic values. Ataturk, the first president of Turkey, inspired the Pahlavi’s unveiling