Ruhollah Khomeini

The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who was supported by the United States and its eventual replacement with an Islamic republic under the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the revolution, supported by various leftist and Islamic organizations and Iranian student movements. Demonstrations against the Shah commenced in October 1977, developing into a campaign of civil resistance that included both…

came strongest from the Shi 'a clergy and in particular a priest name Ruhollah Khomeini who saw Mohammad Reza Shah as a pawn of the foreign powers. In response to a speech given by Khomeini, denouncing the Shah as a tyrant and his reforms as self-severance, the Shah had the priest detained in the city of Qom then arrested and transferred to Tehran on June 5 1963 (Vakili Zad,…

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 and believed the oil was rightfully theirs. Later, in 1963 came the Shia cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who came out openly and stated that the Shah is on the path towards the destruction of Islam in Iran.…

During his exile, Khomeini sent cassette tapes back to Iran and his followers would make copies and distribute the tapes. Khomeini spoke out against the Americans and the anti-Muslims. Iranian students took over the American Embassy in Tehran and held 52 diplomats hostage for 444 days in the same year Khomeini was elected. The students were not going to release the hostages unless their demands were met, return…

In 1979, the country undertook one of the most explosive revolutions in recent history. The Islamic Revolution, led in part by Ruhollah Khomeini with the help of intellectuals, military and political leaders, overthrew the government under Pahlavi and put in place their own system of a supreme leader, clergy and several councils. One variable that inflamed the people was the push for…

Iran’s nuclear program was not always seen as a controversial aspect of Iran’s domestic policy. As a matter of fact, the 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…

Reflection paper on Ayatollah Khomeini Michael A. Pitts Political Science 348 September 5, 2016 Introduction The 1979 Iranian Revolution also known as the Islamic revolution is responsible for several actions among them the establishment of an Islamic Republic. The Iranian revolution caused several factors among them the citizens’ discontent with the Shah’s rule, existing social injustices, imperialism, Ayatollah’s exile, and religious motives. The main goal of the revolution was to…

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…

The purpose of this paper to identify and analyze the historic failed mission of Operation: Eagle Claw. The mission failed due to the lack of communication and the lack of sharing knowledge between government agencies and military branches. Eagle Claw failed for a variety of reasons, both during the planning and later during the execution. Before entering Iran, each of the government agencies worked independently with little to no cohesion amongst them and the mission was kept secret from key…

In Tehran, Iran in July of 1979, revolutionaries who were followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini forced the Iranian monarch, Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, commonly referred to as the Shah of Iran to disband his government. The Shah then fled to Egypt. In October of 1979, President Jimmy Carter agreed to allow the Shah to come to the United States for cancer treatment. Because of this and other reasons, on November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian students seized the United States Embassy in Tehran…