Iran–Contra affair

leaders. Lets dive into each things you need. First you need a good leader. The Persians had a good leader called Cambyses. “...When King Cambyses was fighting in Egypt, he was informed that his brother Bardiya had led a revolt and seized the throne in Iran. Cambyses died before he could return home and reclaim the throne, but as he lay dying, he revealed to his troops that the Bardiya who had seized the throne was a fake”(Wallenfels and Sasson). It turned out he predicted that…

during the 1979 seizure of the United States Embassy in Tehran. The diplomat’s 52 fellow employees were taken hostage and held captive for 444 days enduring harsh conditions. The CIA drafted specialist Tony Mendez to sneak the six Americans out of Iran at a time when anti-American fervor was high. Many of the obstacles the film throws at Affleck’s character Tony Mendez, who is impersonating a movie production manager, and the six American embassy escapees posing as the film’s production crew…

Classifies the book A charming account of everyday life in Iran by the Iranian-American writer Hooman Majd, this book offers what average Iranians experience in their socio-political and cultural lives in Iran’s theocratic system of governance. Majd, who periodically travels to Iran, experienced the Iranian life, this time with his American wife and his son. Using at times a satirical language to communicate with his readers about the facts of life in Iran, Majd tells me that in comparison to…

Miriam is a 27-year-old Christian mum who had a great job as a reporter in Iran, she was a “fashionista” and loved walking in high heels. However, when the Islamic Regime came, they took over the station she worked for, and censured all the pieces the new station was writing about, in top of that, they fired Miriam because of the way she was dressed, since she did not want to cover herself, however, later on, she was pushed to the limited to do so, just to not to be killed by the Iranian…

Professor Alan Taylor’s topic in the first page of the essay is how the founding fathers, like many Americans at the time, clashed on many issues. He uses combative diction to not only suggest, but to force readers to understand that the parties clashed. He denounced the “mythic” misconception of the unity of the founding fathers to “violent” “enemies” in order to show his readers how cutthroat politics were back then. The way he would quote people would only include their party affiliation,…

interwoven (?) narratives of the political, social, and psychological aspects of Women's modern life in Iran and the Arab world, negating the dominating images of Middle Eastern women concealed and oppressed in Western media. This exhibition was launched in 2012 at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts…

The Ottoman Empire was a major political and military powerhouse on the world stage. Its Empire was vast and had many territories under its rule. The Ottoman Empire was a military institution. Everyone within the Empire, no matter what occupation or function they had, had a military rank. The Empire focused on the expansion of their territorial borders and dominance. They built up a massive military force by assimilating the population of the conquered territories into the Imperial military.…

and secure foreign markets and resources, confusing foreign policy decisions were made that often contradicted previous United States policies and American values. This was evident during the ousting of democratically elected Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran, the threat of communism in the Suez Canal Crisis and the secret deals made in the…

goes through this while she grows up in the Islamic Revolution.In her book Persepolis, Marjane goes through the process of accepting and being aware of her religion, her loss of innocence, and the danger going on throughout Iran. In the 1980’s Islam became very prominent in Iran. Due to everything becoming more religious, women had to wear veils. This image represents that because it’s a girl wearing a popular style of a veil they had to wear. It was obligatory for the girls to wear them in…

Another person in life and literature who fits my definition of courage is Parvana from the book, The Breadwinner. She was very courageous during many horrible situations, but she didn't let anyone stop her. One example of Parvana being courageous was "'Get out of my house!" She yelled. She threw herself at the soldiers. (pg 32)" Parvana knew the risk of throwing herself at the Taliban but she disregarded the risk to try to save her father. This was a risk since the Taliban could've shot or hurt…