Iranian Embassy Siege

Argentine revolutionist Che Guevara once said “The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall” (“Ernesto Che Guevara”). To completely see how a revolution operates, one must know the meaning of it. “In eastern Europe, the concept of ‘revolution’ has been seen as constituting and being constitutive of the ‘downfall’ of totalitarian regimes and (re)birth of democracy” (Tileaga 360). Various nations have built up their own particular definition since no…

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 the Islamic Revolution. Through these factors, Islamic ideals and values would be placed in the highest position within the government, displaying a…

section The Trip starts with the occupation of the US Embassy in 1979 which would last until 1981 totaling a whole 444 days. The individuals who overtook it came to be known as the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line; these were 400 students who were outraged that the United States had allowed the Shah to enter the United States for cancer treatment. Here we see that the 1953 overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh is still plaguing the Iranian country as the students believed that they were…

Since the catastrophic events of September 11, 2001 the United States and indeed most of the western world has had something of parlous relationship with Islam. The imminent threat of Islamic extremism has placed the West on egg shells. The recent rise of Donald Trump and his nativist rhetoric has only added to the tension. A recent Brookings Institute poll revealed that 61 percent of Americans hold an unfavorable attitude towards Muslims. Ali Shariati, maintains that there are two types of…

military and foreign policy in the United States were viewed as weak. The Carter administration humiliated America and conservatives wanted to change that. During Carters presidency the Iran hostage crisis took place, this was where Iranians took hostages from the U.S Embassy. Carter attempted to negotiate with Iran for the release of the hostages and it took almost all of his presidency to have them released. After…

Essay #3 “Overthrow” Stephen Scarlett 900201133 Stephen Kinzer does an excellent job with explaining the process of the United States of overthrowing foreign governments when conflicts were emerged. In the 1800’s, America had a new radical idea which marked the era that that United States assumed they had the right to intervene anywhere in the entire world. Not only did The United States assume they had the right to intervene but also overthrowing governments. The first time intervention and…

temporary wives as they wanted” (Haugen 213). In an Iranian marriage, the men make the decisions while the women normally do not have a say in many things. Even to travel outside the country, the wife must have been given permission by the husband since an ID is not required. Not only does the permission needed by the husband play a major role in why this is an issue, but also the superiority men have over women. As an example of male superiority, if an Iranian man were to have a child from any…

diplomats 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…

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to grow up in a revolution and live in fear of what’s going to happen next? Marjane Satrapi 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…

into the current Iranian political atmosphere. However, the good thing about this is that they have benefitted from the free education and national literacy campaigns to produce a well-educated generation that is highly politically motivated. Through his interviews, the author discovers the feelings and motivations behind this youth movement. This group of non-secular, mostly middle and upper class millennials strive to attack the fabric of the morality that the from which the Iranian regime…