Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

What were 5 important events associated with this revolution/ nationalist movement? It is associated with the movement of Mahdi of the Sudan during the 1880s. along with the religious purifications of Mahdi. Along with when the Islamic Republic of Iran was announced. And when Islamic fighters took 52 Americans hostage inside the US embassy in Tehran. Also with making the Shah family go into exile. What was the goal of this revolution/nationalist movement? The main goal of this revolution was…

The documentary felt pretty biased in a particular direction that makes it feel closed off to the people for whom its point of view would be most helpful. It felt like another of the many news sources that yell into echo chambers filled with people already inclined to lean towards the point of view presented. It was also a lot of information presented very quickly and with very little contextualization. For instance the portion where it was talking about the Energy Task Force, a sector in the…

“Iran, proud and passionate, has been a conundrum since its 1979 revolution” (Wright). Iran’s government is hindered from becoming greater than it is because of the problems it faces. This forces Iran to be off par with many of the fastest growing countries in the world. The results of Iran’s inability to economically grow are poverty and socioeconomic instability in the nation. Iran must change to improve its government by fixing the problems that the country faces. The government of Iran faces…

conditions the country faced rather than the Shahs friendship with Western countries. The country suffered from shortages, economic downturns, and high inflation while the Sha was in charge. There were many events that led up to overthrowing the Pahlavi dynasty. The first being the government monopoly on tobacco products which created a protest in 1891. Then came the Anglo oil company which was controlled by the British. Which created a lot of anger for the Iranian people who lived in poverty…

Khomeini as its lifelong leader. The revolution in Iran was the result of many unspoken issues, but the major one was the underestimation of religion that the Shah regime expressed. From September 1941 to February 1979 Islam was ruled by Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, his main goal was to turn his country into a modern industrial…

Rebellion in Persepolis Persepolis Reflection The Revolution sets the scene of the story. Since it’s taking place during the Islamic Revolution the readers get an inside to the life of an Iranian during the time period. There’s a significant opportunity for connection to another culture because of how relative Marjane to a normal teen. She likes popular western things that a teen would such as music, fashion, and she likes to express herself. Because of this, she is easy to relate to. The…

In the graphic novel Persepolis, the author Marjane Satrapi used many deep and interesting symbols throughout the book to illustrate many turning points in Satrapi’s life in Iran. She was born in Rasht, Iran, on November 22 1969, however she grew up in Tehran in an ordinary middle-class family. She went to school in a private French school which gave her opportunity to be more open-minded than strict Iranians. She lived a peaceful childhood life under the Shah’s power until she was around 11…

Similar to the Ottoman Empire, the Safavid Empire experienced a rise and fall and began its reign with the Islamic religion. Members of the Safavid tribe were the founders of a sunni sufi religious brotherhood in Azerbaijan, which was popularly fought over by other empires including the Ottoman Empire. A major differentiating factor for the Safavids was that their making of Shiite Islam the state religion of Iran made it very different from its neighboring Sunni Muslim empires. This…

side? What does one do to move forward? In the memoir “Persepolis” Marj who is the main character, watched as her family opposed the current form of government. Her parents started to participate in demonstrations to dethrone the Shah, who was Mohammad Pahlavi, because of unfair distribution of wealth. Their actions encouraged Marj to participate in the demonstrations; although she didn’t quite know what she was getting herself into, she wanted what was best for her country. She wanted a…

Ken Follett: Introduction Ken Follett is one of the top thriller writers of the present generation. Over a career spanning 3 decades Ken Follett has written some of the best books in the genre of historical fiction. Born in 1949, Ken Follett has sold over 100 million books worldwide. He is a writer with a worldwide following from the UK to India and USA to Australia. Follett’s “On Wings and Eagles” Ken Follett wrote ‘On Wings of Eagles’ a novel which has the background of the Iranian…