Pahlavi dynasty

The Iranian Revolution of 1979 changed not only the government of Iran, with its fundamentalist Islamic overthrow of the Pahlavi monarchy; this event furthermore impacted the political and religious climate of the countries surrounding it as well. The revolution ushered in an era of transformation in the Middle East. This effect on other nations, primarily due to the nature of the regime transformation Iran underwent, lasted for decades and into the twenty-first century. The nation of Iran…

Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, is a graphic autobiography about growing up in Iran during the Islamic revolution in Tehran from age six to fourteen. This graphic novel contains several recurring visual symbols and icons. One of the most important of these symbols and icons in Persepolis is the symbol of God. God represents faith and Marji’s belief in what is said to her and how she perceives it. When God is present Marji is undoubtful that everything is alright. Marji's faith begins strong and…

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…

Muzzaffar al-Din Shah became the successor of the throne after the death of his father and the nearing end of the Tobacco Revolt. Muzzaffar al Din Shah was a leader who ignored the plea of his people whom only wanted an improved Iran society. Only upsetting his people, even more, the Shah, later on, gave rights to a London-based financier, William Knox D’arcy, “special and exclusive” privilege to exploit and sell natural gas for sixty years since 1901. (pg 33). After signing the exclusive…

In the time period of 1960-1989 political policy’s drastically changed and conservatism became extremely prominent. Factors that contributed to this change in politics included new social changes like the women’s rights movement, reaction to a large federal government, and the weakness of US foreign policy. During this time period military and foreign policy in the United States were viewed as weak. The Carter administration humiliated America and conservatives wanted to change that. During…

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…

Black Gold and the Islamic Revolution Ben Affleck not only stars in but also co-produces and directs the historical drama-thriller, Argo, which was adapted from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative Tony Mendez’s book The Master of Disguise and Joshuah Bearman’s 2007 Wired article The Great Escape. The film centers around the real-life CIA rescue mission of six American diplomats during the 1979 seizure of the United States Embassy in Tehran. The diplomat’s 52 fellow employees…

U.S Foreign Policy After World War II, America and the Soviet Union were the two major powers who competed for markets and resources. At the same time, communism was taking over in the Soviet Union, China and Eastern Europe. This communist takeover led to the Red Scare and shocked the American public with fear that communism would spread all throughout the world. Due to United States’ desire to contain communism and secure foreign markets and resources, confusing foreign policy decisions were…

In the Iran Hostage Crisis about 60 people were held hostage from November 4th, 1979 to January 21st, 1981, so that's a total of 444 days the people were held against their will. That's one reason why I want to be there during the Iran Hostage Crisis, and the reason being is because I want to see what all the people had to go through, and how they were treated like while there. To be honest I would want to experience what they had to go through, because maybe then I wouldn't take life for…

In addition to that the Shah’s regime “supported by the U.S., became increasingly repressive” this pushed for further action towards a revolution, thus beginning a civil war in Iran (Evans). The Shah, specifically, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, began to be seen as a puppet to the Iranian people, mainly because of his interacts with the U.S. and Britain, letting them take all the oil and enforcing beliefs similar to them. Many people during the time revolted against Reza Shah and Ruhollah…