Iran–Contra affair

Dr. Golkar’s article “Manipulated Society” delves into the study of state manipulation of the population in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This manipulation is used to protect the regime from the “threat from below” where the general public mobilizes and rises up against the state. He points to the Arab Spring as an example of the threat that this poses to non-democratic regimes. This manipulation involves three main components: Manipulation of the mind, manipulation of the body, and…

During the beginning of the revolution, she took pride in her country but not as much as she would later in the book. When Iran is getting bombed and revolting she stands up for her country. She’s proud to be there and she wants people to do whatever they can to protect her country and to be proud to be there. From the essay, it is easy to conclude that marjane went through…

Cuneiform and hieroglyphics: this was the first form of writing. It was a representation of speech. It allowed people to keep record like never before. Having this ability gave the opportunity to have a complex society. Cuneiform was from Mesopotamia and hieroglyphics were from Egypt. YHWH: this was the national god of Israelites. This was also the first monotheistic God which means to only believe in one God. Cyrus II: Cyrus II built the Persian empire. He was known for conquering everything…

most if not all women in Iran at the time, and loses her faith in God due to the cruelty in the time of the revolution. At a young age children were separated by gender and the girls were forced to wear veils unlike the boys. Being children, they didn’t understand the point of being separated. Many of the women in Iran demeonstrated against the veil, but were all threatened due to the fear of westernizing Iran. The government was forcing these changes upon the people of Iran, their reasoning?…

aware in Iran during the revolution, and Marjane Satrapi shows this in her novel. She herself was a very aware person, even at such a young age. An example of this is shown on page 144, when Marjane stands up and goes against the teacher, saying that she’s lying by telling them there are no more prisoners, as she has experienced first hand an example of a prisoner of the Islamic regime, and that is her favorite person, her uncle Anoosh. She was not the only politically aware person in Iran,…

different version of history that is known or believed. With this in mind, Persepolis is an autobiographical graphic novel about Marjane Satrapi reflecting back on her life during the Islamic revolution in Iran. Throughout the novel, Marjane writes the history again by adding an unique identity to Iran that rejects the government in power and the religion associated with the government. Satrapi often challenges Western perspectives of religion in the East. Additionally, The Kite Runner, written…

Judging the history of the male homosocial relationship in pre-modern society of Iran, the reader can approach examining Persian miniature paintings two interrelated standpoints. The first standpoint deals with the discernible presence of young beardless courtiers who were in the entourage of kings serving as hunting and war attendants…

Marjane Satrapi uses images of martyrs cradled in the arms of veiled women throughout the graphic novel to convey not only the importance of martyrdom in the cultural identity of Iran during the war, but also in the broader context of Iranian history and daily life under the new oppressive Muslim government. On page 250 panel 4, Satrapi uses the angle at which the image is viewed, and the size of the panel itself, to give the feeling of importance within that image. The frame of reference in…

BACKGROUND PAPER ON IRAN 1. This background paper is on Iran. It discusses the geography, military, and US interests within Iran. 2. Iran’s geography is very unique. It is a Middle Eastern country, bordered by Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. It is also bordered by the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea.1 Iran is also within proximity to the Strait of Hormuz, a heavily traveled, narrow passageway that measures 21 miles at its…

Neil MacGregor analyzed the Cyrus Cylinder in the context in which it was written, the era it was found, and in a modern middle east. in the original context he look at what it meant to the Persians as saw it as a sign of how they ran a multiethnic state. one in which the rulers must accept that different regions have different religions languages on norms. some of these were inferred by the message on the cylinder letting concurred peoples return to their homes and establishing some basics…