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    Iran Nuclear Program Essay

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    origins of the Iranian program began in the 1950’s with the support of the United States. Research and development of a nuclear program began once Tehran joined Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace initiative and signed treaty No.4898. On December 8, 1953 during the 470th Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly the Atoms for Peace Program was launched by Eisenhower. International dynamics set by the Cold War provided an incentive for American scientists to “allow all peoples of…

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    Marjane Satrapi disproves preconceptions of Iranian culture through the use of illustrations in a graphic novel format. First written in French, Satrapi’s graphic novel is set in Iran during the Iranian Revolution, and tells the story of Satrapi’s childhood, through her childhood self, “Marji.” In the graphic novel Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi incorporates religious icons to suggest a loss of individuality leads to the invalidity of preconceptions of Iranian oppression. The incorporation of…

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    By describing her life story of growing up in Iran and emigrating to Europe, and by telling it in graphic novel form, Marjane Satrapi has become an ambassador for her country. She has become a spokeswoman for greater freedom and a voice of war. Her use of graphic novels to tell an autobiographical story with political features to it makes her messages approachable while still remaining strongly affecting and bring serious attention to the topics. Marjane Satrapi was born on November 22, 1969 in…

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    The Iranian Revolution took place in 1979. Reza Shah had plans to modernize and westernize Iran, but while this was taking place, oil was discovered in Iran. The Iranian revolution was the overthrowing of the Pahlavi dynasty, the ruling house in Iran, which was a monarchy. This was led by Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. He was supported by the United states. One of the leaders of the revolution was Ayatollah Khomeini, who was an Iranian religious scholar. He did not believe in equality for women in…

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    father’s footsteps. The first several years in power were very turbulent and unstable. He was rejected and removed from his Monarch position for a temporary period of time in 1953. He resumed power with the help of a US CIA and British backed coup. Many Iranians were not happy with the outside involvement by the United States and the hypocrisy of self-determination and democracy. Anti-western resentment was building. During this brief time, Iran was in a state of uproar and disorder. Mohammad…

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    fundamentalist government . Islamic fundamentalist are against westernization ,and go by strict rules based off the Islamic customs. After 8 years of imprisonment for being a revolutionary activist, a women named Ana talks about how Khomeini treated the people who were against his politics, and she states "In 1988 the Khomeini regime killed all the political prisoners, hanged all of them during two months. They actually killed all the…

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    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…

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    Shah Pahlavi's Downfall

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    Ruhollah Khomeini, who because of cunning historical and political maneuverings was able to use politics, religion, and a little bit of trickery to persuade the people of Iran to overthrow Mohammad Reza Shah. In the years leading up to the actual revolution in 1979, Shah Pahlavi had done a good job of making himself unpopular with the people in his country. Among the…

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    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…

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    that wasn't told in school. What he meant by this is that ever since 9/11 history books have frayed away from the history of Middle East. He found that the people who write the history books found it best to resist the topic as a whole to avoid conflict. In Persepolis, Marji the main character tell her story from the perspective of a Iranian female living in a upper/middle class family; she is also against communism and fundamentalism. Marji had very strong opinions on the revolution. She…

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