Economy of Iran

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…

Muzzaffar al-Din Shah became the successor of the throne after the death of his father and the nearing end of the Tobacco Revolt. Muzzaffar al Din Shah was a leader who ignored the plea of his people whom only wanted an improved Iran society. Only upsetting his people, even more, the Shah, later on, gave rights to a London-based financier, William Knox D’arcy, “special and exclusive” privilege to exploit and sell natural gas for sixty years since 1901. (pg 33). After signing the exclusive…

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IRAN AND AMERICA Mateo M. Tolic IB Literature HL Y1 Writing Assessment January , 2016 On January 2002, President George Bush branded Iraq, Iran and North Korea as constituting a lethal "axis of evil" and spelled out the U.S. national security strategy against these countries. Iran continues to appear yearly on the U.S. State Department's list of terrorism. Terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. In the graphic novel,…

Lasing from the September 1980 to August 1988, the Iran-Iraq war was not only the longest conventional war of the 20th Century; it was also the most destructive 20th Century conflict since WWII. The conflict produced over one million refugees and casualties and costed the combatant countries as much as one billion dollars per month, and the total costs have been estimated in excess of three hundred billion dollars. The end state of the conflict was catastrophic for not only the combatants but…

Shiism or Wilayat-Al Faqih. Sectarianism: The structure of the Iranian regime, “The Islamic Republic of Iran is based on an extremist interpretation of Shia Islam that demands clerical governance…

Climate and the Chronology of Iranian History by Alan Mikhail Alan Mikhail focuses on the importance of creating a chronology for the history of Iran through a powerful environmental factor: climate changes. This is particularly different than the historical “norms” of politics, economics, and war that were typically associated with Iran. In this article, Mikhail uses climate change to chronicle four different accounts of climate cooling in the region from the early eleventh to the nineteenth…

The United State’s ongoing distrust for Iran could be linked to Iran’s 1979 Revolution, which overthrew the American friendly Shah to a radical ayatollah, Khomeini (Lee 2008). Prior to this revolution, the United States and Iran enjoyed good and flourishing relations. As any revolution the Iranian revolution took aim in overthrowing a corrupt regime. Although Islam is very important in the Iranian government today, Islam had little or nothing to do with with the plight or the grief of the…

nearing the end of the 2nd World War, the Shah was forced to leave his position of power in Iran, passing his position to his son, Mohammad Reza Shah, leaving the unveiling laws short-lived. As a result, many women who had never come to accept the unveiling laws, re-veiled themselves which over time resulted in the buildup of strong social pressures for the women of Iran to wear the veil, and thus the people of Iran never came to accept the unveiling…

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…

“Iran, proud and passionate, has been a conundrum since its 1979 revolution” (Wright). Iran’s government is hindered from becoming greater than it is because of the problems it faces. This forces Iran to be off par with many of the fastest growing countries in the world. The results of Iran’s inability to economically grow are poverty and socioeconomic instability in the nation. Iran must change to improve its government by fixing the problems that the country faces. The government of Iran faces…