Reza Shah

Afghanistan had been invaded by the Soviet Union and the Iranian Revolution, led by Ayatollah Khomeini and other Muslim clerics, had just overthrown the military dictatorship led by Reza Shah Pahlevi, taking United States embassy staff in Tehran hostage. In that same year, Iraq, under the new leadership of dictator, Saddam Hussein, invaded Iran. The hostages were released in 1982, moderately fitting to the Iran-Contra program, which exchanged…

Author John Littel claims the Taiping Rebellion of 1850-1864 to be the most destructive civil war of modern times. The Rebellion, regarded as a fanatical religious outburst, ravaged seventeen provinces, took over twenty thousand lives and irrevocably altered the Qing Dynasty. The Taiping rebels aimed to overthrow the oppressive Qing leaders as well as to change the theology in China at the time. This was done by forcibly spreading their own “Christian Messianic” theology. The Taipings used…

After the overthrow of the Mossadeq government, the new leader, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, attempted non-communist modernization. The United States helped with the overthrow because they felt that it was their duty to catch up other countries and establish capitalism. If Iran were to become communist, there could be a domino…

took over the United States embassy in Tehran, Iran. These supporters of the Iranian Revolution took 52 American diplomats and citizens as their hostages and tried to use them as blackmail to get the United States to return their overthrown Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi so that he could stand trial for the…

When the former Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad answered a student at New York, Columbia University regarding the executions of gays in Iran, his answer was “In Iran we don’t have homosexuals like in your country, we do not have this phenomenon. I don’t know who told you we have that” This statement drew boos and howls from the audience (Daily Mail, 2007). Being a homosexual in Iran is a problem, it is looked like as a disease, where the only cure is either having a sex change, or…

The Big Idea: Reagan is considered today as the greatest president of all time. Pop culture consistently calls Reagan as the most influential president of all time. But why? Was it his charisma? His system of Reaganomics? His assassination? His quick response to international relations? His memorable phrases? Or was the media that bloated him up? An Era before Reagan: The era of F.D.R, JFK, Harry Truman, and LBJ has ended. In this drastic era of America, forgotten presidents Gerald Ford and…

When pro-democracy protesters in Syria demanded an end to the dictatorial regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the conflict resulted in opposition militias and a full-fledged civil war. In five years, more than 300,000 Syrians have lost their lives due to the Syrian Civil War. More than 11 million others have been forced to leave their homes due to violent uprisings and war crimes, creating one of today’s worst humanitarian emergenicies. Families are struggling to survive in Syria, while others…

began accessing Middle Eastern oil in 1928 with the Red Light Agreement, it was only after World War Two that they really interceded amongst politics. This was eminent in 1953, where America teamed up with Britain, in Operation Ajax, to reinstate Shah Reza Pahlavi on the Iranian throne. This was done as the two countries feared the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company would be nationalised if the Soviet Union was able to impact the Iranian government. Yet, this was not where it ended in terms of America’s…

Section 1: Identification and Evaluation of Sources This investigation will focus on the question of: To What Extent did 9/11 Change the Treatment and Opinions of Muslims In America? The primary timeframe for this investigation will be between 1900-2001 to analyze the change and evolution in the treatment of Muslims in the 20th century. My primary source is Edward E. Curtis’s book entitled “Muslims in America: A Short History.” This book was written in 2009 in New York City, NY. It analyzes…

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…