Iranian Embassy Siege

The 1905-1911 Iranian Constitutional Movement stands as one of the most significant events in the Middle East history, particularly in the history of Iran. This movement showed the desire of Iranians for freedom, dignity, equity, and independence. Despite the years of political and economic issues of Qajar period, Iranians tried to shift the policies of their government in the benefit of the people. During the Pahlavi period, Iranians achieved a relative modernization and development. However,…

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic novel and autobiography that encompasses Marjane Satrapi’s life as a child in Iran’s Islamic Revolution. Satrapi writes a beautiful story but her use of graphic imagery really allows readers to connect and understand to her personal and mental growth. Throughout the story, Satrapi goes through a great change in personality which is fueled by her residence in revolutionary Iran. Her personality matures and is greatly affected by the repression and the…

Satrapi’s widely read autobiographical graphic novel of the same name, directed by Ms. Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, consists of a series of monochrome, muted animation. The film details the chronicle of a young girl’s coming of age in the midst of the Iranian Revolution and knits together the turbulent history of Iran and Marjane’s turbulent life. Although devoid of color, the movie certainly does not lack in humor and charm. Growing up in Tehran, young Marjane (voiced by Gabrielle Lopes) is…

Marjane Satrapi is a talented Iranian author well known for her autobiographical graphic novel “The Complete Persepolis”. With this novel, Satrapi shows her journey as a young child thrown into the fire of war, as a teenager trying to find her own identity in a foreign country and as a young adult who feels guilty for fleeing her country in the midst of a revolution. Marjane Satrapi’s brave, assertive and strong willed personality had a lot to do with her parents, grandparents, and uncle being…

being tortured. That is what drives me. That is what compelled me to carry on with this fight”(Interview With Shirin Ebadi). Out of the one hundred and four people to win the Nobel Peace Prize there have only been sixteen women. Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer and judge, who was awarded the prestigious Peace Prize in 2003 for her civil rights work, fighting for the rights of women and children in the Islamic Republic of Iran. ("Shirin Ebadi - Biographical.") Shirin Ebadi’s story teaches us to…

factions in Iranian politics. Since the inception of Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979, the hardliners have successfully expanded their power in the non-elected bodies of the Iranian regime, headed by the ideological leader of their movement, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. However, the Iranians have not had nearly as much luck in obtaining control of the elected bodies in Iran. Since the Revolution, the hardliners have had difficulty in gaining control the presidency as well as the Iranian…

system. It is therefore of little wonder that the Iranian Revolution in 1979 received immense interest – and also became a subject of incredulity, perhaps – when the people deposed of the pro-Western Shah of the Pahlavi Dynasty and his constitutional monarchy only to be subjected to Ayatollah Khomeini’s authoritarian theocracy which many observers considered as ‘going backward in time’ in regards of liberty and human rights . The nature of the Iranian Revolution had been a subject of study and…

An amusing and moving memoir of Marjane, an innocent ten-year-old Iranian girl who protested against the Islamic Revolution written by Marjane Satrapi. At first, Marjane wanted to become a prophet, therefore she began speaking to God in her dreams. During this time, the Shah is defeated, and a new Islamic government takes power. Her school becomes an all-girls school, and she is enforced to wear a veil. Gradually, Marjane and her parents understand that the government is becoming too forceful.…

The 1979 Iranian Revolution formed an isolated, fundamentalist state and supported terrorism in the nation. The Safavids and Qajars were the two most important dynasties in Iran. The Safavids dynasty made Shia Islam the official religion and Qajar dynasty gave Muslim the political power. In 1906, the Qajars accepted a constitution, developed a parliament that protected minority rights, but the Shah disapproved. The Shah was the current ruler of Iran under the Pahlavi Dynasty. In 1951, Mohammed…

Destruction States make war look beneficial to solidify their power. Some people are manipulated into it. Civilians from all social classes often oppose war. Lives are uprooted, and people’s lives are changed. Political unrest is a consequence of what happens when people live under a ruthless government. Mistreated, people will fight back for freedom in the form of a revolution against the oppressor. What is more, in history it shows people can not evolve during such chaos. A lot of lives are…