Iran

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…

observation, it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. In the book Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi, the author, represents Iran through her young adolescent eyes. Marjane precisely portrays Iran throughout the book. Through certain images we may receive an enhanced representation of Iran by the revolution, imperialism, nationalism, social classes and religion. This photograph captures a group of people protesting against the Iranian government…

Islamic Revolution in Iran stemmed from several factors, all trying to contribute towards an improved country. Factors that led to the revolution included economic, religious, and Western factors, that would eventually lead to a great historical revolution in Iran. These factors created great opposition parties towards the king of Iran, known as the Shah. As the ideologies in Iran developed, Iranians joined together while fighting for the ultimate removal of the Shah from Iran in 1979, during…

Over the course of the last 40 years, the United States has been tangled in the political environments of both the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Iraq. This entanglement is rooted in the contradictory involvement of the United States in the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980’s. In the war, the United States supported both sides of a conflict in which it officially wished to end, but the resources it provided may have actually allowed the war to continue. One should ask, “Why would the…

substantially benefits Iran’s nuclear program, decreases the amount of time required by Iran to achieve a nuclear weapon or…

1.9: Iran and United States Reach Deal on Hostage Release Nineteenth January 1981, Deputy Secretary of State Warren M.Christopher consents to an arrangement where the United States consents to discharge solidified Iranian resources and property, settle money related claims and concur not to meddle, politically or militarily, in Iran in return for the conveyance of the American prisoners. The understanding incorporates…

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…

“Egyptians [had] looked to the West and then to the East and then to Arab nationalism without finding the answer to their problems” both socially and economically. Additionally, Ibrahim Yazidi, the Deputy Prime Minister for Revolutionary Affairs of Iran, predicted, correctly, that Egypt would be a part of “an ongoing Islamic ideological revolution.” As the support and spread of the Revolution’s ideals continued to reach the Muslim populations of Egypt, a remarkable yet familiar development…

determination and fortitude to achieve goals. “Persian Girls” is the story of hope, dreams, sisterhood and oppression. Since the past many decades Iran…

the fifteen years (1991-2005) after the end of the Cold War, describing the latter as period of cooperation and “growing consensus” (11). However, a close analysis reveals a completely different picture. In dealing with this, I will take the case of Iran as the main example, arguing how the world after the Cold War was characterized…