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rights. During Mohammad Reza Shah, he still gave concessions (mainly oil) to the West. Furthermore, people were not given political and social freedoms such as freedom of speech. Many political groups were also suppressed by US- and Israeli-trained SAVAK, which added to the negative image of Iranians towards the US and Israel. Iranians were eager to end the foreign interference in Iran’s domestic issues, however, this was disregarded during the Pahlavi period. In early 1950’s,…

The Iranian Hostage Crisis was a stressful time for the United States because innocent civilians were trapped for four hundred and forty-four days in a country that was going through a revolution and now have a strong hatred towards the Unites States. The Iranian Hostage Crisis, which lasted from 1979-1981, had many events before and during the captivity that is now described as a crisis. Beginning in 1953, a new Shah came to power, named Muhammad Reza Pahlavi. In the same year the people wanted…

with the Middle East. From the 1940s to the 1970s, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi reigned as the Shah of Iran. He was seen by many Iranians as a traitor because he supported the westernization of Iran. He was also hated by the Iranians because his police, SAVAK, killed and tortured innocent citizens (History). The Shah lost the support of many Iranian citizens because of his pro-Western outlook for Iran. Many Iranians felt that the Shah favored the rich but oppressed the…

Ma'asoumeh's family, he allowed her wife to be free to do anything, but she was not happy there yet as Hamid had devoted himself to his ambitions and armed struggle against the government. When Few years before Islamic Revolution 1979 he was arrested by SAVAK, She had to work hard as no one, particularly his religious extremist brothers, was interested in helping the atheist communist' wife . Hamid who had been released as a national hero after Islamic Revolution, would be sent to jail again and…

Modern revolutions have an almost archetypal pattern in which the popular masses overthrow an ancient, dogmatic totalitarian regime in favour of a more liberal and secularist political system. It is therefore of little wonder that the Iranian Revolution in 1979 received immense interest – and also became a subject of incredulity, perhaps – when the people deposed of the pro-Western Shah of the Pahlavi Dynasty and his constitutional monarchy only to be subjected to Ayatollah Khomeini’s…

Critical Analysis: Daughter of Persia Daughter of Persia is about a young girls journey through life after being born in Iran. She was born to the third wife of her father and was his 15th child. Shazdeh, her father, had 36 children to eight different wives. She lived in Tehran on a compound with the rest of her family. Shazdeh believed in all of his children being educated and active, even though this wasn’t common for girls at the time. This set Saitti apart from other woman throughout her…

Although Iran was not involved in World War II, Iran was a major member for the Western countries especially the U.S. and Britain. Iran during the Cold War had many international and national problems that affected their economy. The changes in their government leaders affected their economy the most. Nationalization means to bring under the ownership or control of a nation, as industries and land (Dictionary.com). The Shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlevi favored the Western influences. Iran’s…