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    The Cold War has been a very hard time for the Iranian Oil Companies. They have been under the control of capitalistic country, Great Britain. Since 1913, Britain has had it’s hand on Iran’s oil. The draw to Iranian oil was it’s location, it was just beside the land route to India. British oil companies bought rights to do as they please with the land. The Iranian’s felt robbed by the British; they came into another country's land to strip them of their goods. By 1913, the British had…

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    Have you ever wondered why Iran is always in the news? In her book Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi accurately represents Iran by expressing the country's nationalistic enthusiasm, the oil manufactures determined how Iran was run for a long time, and Iran isn’t very safe, as it presents a new danger everyday. Marjane Satrapi accurately represents Iran by expressing the country's nationalistic enthusiasm. In the following picture, there is a group of Americans expressing their nationalistic…

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    The Iranian Revolution

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    the American friendly Shah to a radical ayatollah, Khomeini (Lee 2008). Prior to this revolution, the United States and Iran enjoyed good and flourishing relations. As any revolution the Iranian revolution took aim in overthrowing a corrupt regime. Although Islam is very important in the Iranian government today, Islam had little or nothing to do with with the plight or the grief of the Iranian people during the revolution. However, Ayatollah Khomeini and his followers took advantage of the…

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    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 Iran. In 1980, Iraq and Iran went to war against each other. This essay argues how much of a struggle it was for young females to grow up during the Iranian…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    Application of Liberalism Theory: Liberalism theory is optimistic about the possibility of peace between countries. In the international system there are multiple actors, such as a private individuals and interest groups. They are trying to avoid risks. The interest of a state’s foreign policy and behavior on the international level reflects domestic political power. The system’s style of the Iranian government is a parliamentary style. However, Iran’s foreign policy and behavior are…

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    similar to the United States.However, Ayatollah Khomeini ( Iran 's religious leader at this time ) did not agree with Shah Pahlavi and wanted to go by the Islamic customs.The differences between these two leaders caused Iran to go in a chaotic state and birthed the Islamic Revolution. In 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini and the Islamic Republic overthrow the Shah.All over Iran the statues of the Shah were torn down by the supporters of Khomeini.When Khomeini came into power he formed the Islamic…

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    and understand the importance of his sacrifice. This sacrifice can be seen when analyzing the Iranian Revolution. The Iranian Revolution resulted in the Pahlavi dynasty being overthrown and replaced with an Islamic Republic headed by Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of the revolution. The revolution was assisted by the use of martyrs and the comparison of the current political situation to that of Hussein and Yazid. Martyrs were created during the Iranian revolution to help recruit enough…

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