Iran–Contra affair

Islamic History: Comparing the Roles of the Samanid and Buyids Contributions in the Creation of the Perso-Islamic Synthesis This religious analysis will define compare the religiously adaptive and tolerant Islamic practices of the Samanid and Buyid Dynasties in the creation of the Perso-Islamic synthesis. The Buyid Dynasty adapted the more flexible Twelver Shia policies to enforce local leadership under an Imam that was not installed as a member of Ali’s family. Buyids often relied more…

to interfere in Iran he sparked tensions within the political leadership of Iran. Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh was one of the Shah’s fiercest critics and in an effort to remove Britain’s involvement in Iran he nationalized the Iran’s oil industry. Consequently, the United States and Britain led a coup with the assistance of Iran’s Shia clerical leadership and military…

therefore let it determine their present. They are both consistently on the verge of knowing who they are, while never quite reaching a full understanding of themselves. They balance on a tightrope between America and the country of their ethnicities (Iran and India, respectively). This purgatory is called diaspora and it is a common obstacle for millions of American-born people of other ethnicities. They can neither…

History is a powerful and influential force. History has the power to make a precedent in modern day through other people’s actions long ago. History, nevertheless, is multi-faceted. There are various aspects of history that shape what happened once before. For example, the history of military and how it evolved or the history of education, technology or the arts. The history of religion and how it shaped the world is the topic of discussion for this paper. History can be an authoritative…

What happened during the Armenian genocide still today affects those who survived that horrific experience and even the family members of those victims who didn’t make it through and of those who did survive the genocide. The reason for the genocide was that the Ottomans believed that the Armenians were a problem in Turkey ands they needed to get rid of them in order to save Turkey and also because they were non-Muslim and believed them to be second-level and this is what led to the mass murder…

The United States begin discussing the best negotiation strategy with Iran. President Clinton, now on her second term, insist the best course of action is announcing that if Iran is willing, the United States will send Secretary of State James Steinberg to Tehran. This move indicates the United States’ negotiation commitment with Iran, and is an extremely bold move considering no diplomat has stepped foot in Tehran since the mid-1980s. The U.S. National…

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…

Culture is influenced by many different factors. Iran is no exception. Iran 's culture is affected by history, past conflicts, and religion. Iran, known as Persia until 1935, has a long and rich history (Iran in perspective, 2008). Early rulers of Iran were known as shahs who determined rules and policies. During the Qajar Dynasty, Shahs were seen as shadows of god and guardians of the flock. They exercised extensive authority over life, honor, and property. The Shah was the sole possessor of…

Speech to Inform: Implementing Information System will bring competitiveness to businesses The Middle East region contains the Arabic peninsula, Cyprus, the states on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea, Iran in the north-east, and Egypt in the south-west. It really is a densely populated region that concentrates enormous material and human resources. Surfing from Internet site to Internet site I have found that Internetworking in the Middle East region has a well-established system which…

My Misconception of Jordan The Middle East was nothing like I experienced it to be. I was expecting to see women fully covered from head to toe and very poor areas. Although that type of lifestyle does exist in the Middle East, I rarely saw it. In the Middle East, I stayed in Amman, Jordan. When I first arrived to my grandmother’s area I noticed every woman had their body and hair covered. The men wore sandals with jeans and regular t-shirts and no one drove nice cars.…