Iran

Changes in Iran after the Islamic Revolution In the late 1970s Iran went through a political change that alternated the nation. The Shah (king) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi wanted to modernize and westernize Iran in a way similar to the United States.However, Ayatollah Khomeini ( Iran 's religious leader at this time ) did not agree with Shah Pahlavi and wanted to go by the Islamic customs.The differences between these two leaders caused Iran to go in a chaotic state and birthed the Islamic Revolution…

However, in a turn of events, all you worked for is in danger of being reversed, and if that reversal takes effect, severe consequences await. To what extents would you go to to protect what you had done? This is the exact scenario that played out in Iran throughout the 70s. Protesters put their lives and everything they had on the line in an attempt to abolish the oppressive dictatorship the Shah had established. Eventually, they succeeded and drove the Shah into exile. Yet, the Shah retained…

a truce agreement between Iran and Iraq that neither named Iraq as the invader nor made either nation pay war compensations. After 8 continuous years, the war outcomes of the war were drastically destructive to both sides, Iraq and Iran. The Iran Iraq war was not only the longest war in the twentieth century; it was the last conventional war in history. Most of the war routine was made of armored and infantry battles, artillery and air strikes. The Aftermath of the Iran-Iraqi War The United…

The article “Iran and the Shah: What Really Happened” by James Perloff is biased as the article lacks coverage of the other side and how discontent they were. The author identifies the Shah to be a long-term ally of the United States explaining that while the Shah was in power, he made his country have a well established economic growth even though not everyone seemed to enjoy the growth, and he made women have the equal amount of rights as male citizens of Iran. However, he doesn’t include the…

Iran Hostage Crisis Puts U.S on Edge. “In the late 1970s the hostage crisis became a symbol of America’s inability to take decisive action in the face of pervasive problems,” said David Brooks about the 1979 hostage crisis in the Middle East (Brooks). If you ask an American that remembers this Iran hostage incident, they will say that it was a bad 3 years knowing that any day 66 lives could be lost in a blink of an eye. Even though 14 women, African Americans, and 1 ill stricken hostage were…

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,…

In 1978 Iran suffered the first televised modern religious revolution the world had ever seen. It was a time where the leader thought more of his country that the people did themselves. The Islamic revolution was a subject of a popular uprising that took place in Iran for two years (1978-79); it mainly resulted in the overthrowing of the Shah monarchy. On April 1st Islam became the first the Islamic state, with Ayatollah Khomeini as its lifelong leader. The revolution in Iran was the result…

Reagan administration did during the Contra-Iran Affair was wrong from a political, ethical, and moral standpoint. From a strategic standpoint, there is a different story. In regards to the Iran-Iraq war, the main objective of Reagan’s administration was revealed, which was to lengthen the Iran-Iraq war. The US (along with Israel and its European allies) did not want a powerful Iran under the rule of Islamic Republic. They saw the Islamic Republic of Iran as a force that challenges the interests…

Iranian coup d'état supported by the United States with the goal of overthrowing a democratically elected government in Iran and replacing that government with a king. Operation Ajax should not have taken place because the Iranian people were not happy with this government, overthrew it, and replaced it with an Islamic fundamentalist theocracy that does not support human rights in Iran and considers America the Great Satan. Mohammad Mosaddegh was an Iranian politician and the leader of the…

memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It was an eye-opening, heartbreaking and thought provoking book— I had many thoughts and feelings while reading, so much so that I had to put it down multiple times to take a breather. It is amazing how she could remember and write about her life growing up during Islamic revolution and the Iran Iraq war, a time of operation and dejection at the age of ten. During the revolution, and some religious maniacs took over Iran, and then…