Iranian Embassy Siege

The Complete Persepolis relates the story of Marjane Satrapi, an Iranian woman growing up in the center of the Iranian revolutionary movement, who since a young age saw the horror of the war herself and got involved in the ideologies of the opposition side. The style and figurative language she utilizes to present this autobiography highlights the reality of wartime in Iran and describes society’s ways of living before and after the insurgency. This graphic novel depicts Satrapi’s autobiography…

By definition, Benedict Arnold is a traitor. One of the most dramatic characters in history, The Notorious Benedict Arnold and Arnold’s letter to a British officer, John André, about selling West Point both contribute to the story of Arnold’s cowardly transferring from American to British forces. Clearly, his motivations were his lack of appreciation by other militants and need for a lavish lifestyle. Even though Benedict Arnold won over critical battlegrounds and contributed to the…

Do you know what a catapult is and how it operates? A catapult is a device or technology that helps planes take off the USS Midway when the planes carry a lot of weight like fuel and weapons. Catapult on an aircraft carrier works on steam power. Catapults were chosen on aircraft carrier because they are capable of carrying a lot of weight on a takeoff. The aircraft weight is confirmed by the weight Board Operator. Catapult technology affected the Uss Midway ship because it helps planes take off…

All throughout world history there has been power-hungry rulers, trying their best to impose their own unique ways. Most of them using different forms of coming into power such as propaganda, fear, or simply by force. Not all leaders are beneficial to their country, in fact some cause unrepairable damage to the native people. Some very well-known leaders who are infamous for the chaos they caused include Joseph Stalin, Osama Bin-Laden, and Adolf Hitler. Although these men are very corrupt, they…

However, as Robert Jervis mentions at the beginning of his post-mortem on the Iranian Revolution of the late 1970s, comparative analysis of intelligence successes and failures could help to shed light on defects within the intelligence field. Through the creation and utilization of post-mortems of both intelligence failures and successes…

Mohammad Mossadegh. Mossadegh was at first considered not a threat by the United States, but because of the ongoing fear of communism during the Cold War the view on Mossadegh shifted radically. This shift in views in the United States leads to the 1953 Iranian coup. The book All the Shah’s Men by Stephen Kinzer draws through the events leading up to the 1953…

However, the siege is revealed to be a diversion for another threat; a resentful former agent attempting to access a secret bank account, discovering the identities of undercover agents in the process. It can be argued the siege plot was inspired by a factual event; that being the Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980, where a group of six men held 26 hostages and demanded 91 political prisoners be freed in Iran.…

Iran: From Persia to Present Tehran wondrous, mysterious past gives the capital city a mystic fascination that makes anyone curious about it anxious to visit. From being part of the biblical Persian Empire to the unfortunate hostage siege of the United States Embassy in 1979, Tehran has a history that is as rich as any other capital on earth. The people of Tehran are friendly, polite, and are not representative of the governmental powers of Iran. Its architecture is unique for this city and has…

No one is perfect. People are flawed therefore government is flawed. Sometimes the choices we make as a society, with what may be the best of intentions can lead to disastrous consequences. In the Book “Overthrow: A History of Regime Change From Hawaii to Iraq” by Stephen Kinzer presents chilling insight into clandestine practice of overthrowing a government by the United States. It serves to show people what policy makers were thinking when these monumental decisions were made. His message is…