A Brief Look at Iran

Iran was now unprotected, and a new power came into being. The Arabs invaded and the quality of life changed. “People fell into poverty as the greedy court imposed ever-increasing taxes. Tyranny tore apart the social contract between ruler and ruled that Zoroastrian doctrine holds to be the basis of organized life” (21). The Iranian people couldn’t survive with a ruler who had no sympathy or respect for them. Their life was being over run by foreigners.

The crisis made the relations between the united States and Iran very bitter. The Iranians also developed strong and contempt feelings toward President Jimmy Carter. Carter failed at attempting to secure the hostages’ freedoms and that decreased his popularity. This crisis caused the Iranian Revolution to get moved along and become a bigger problem. An oil conflict also resulted because the United States then had trouble getting oil from Iran. After the hostage crisis, the U.S. then looked at Iranians as terrorists and did not have

Some of the hostages were beaten and tortured badly and underwent a mock execution. The United States and Iran had come to an agreement to free the hostages in December, the Iranians waited until

The shah declared martial law on September 8, 1978, and his forces killed dozens of protestors on the streets of Iran’s capital, Tehran (Stock). A general strike was declared in October, and by December, there were demonstrations in Tehran as many as 9 million people strong (Stock). The shah left Iran for medical treatment in the United States on January 16, 1979, before dying in Egypt the next year (Stock). Ayatollah Khomeini returned from France on February 1, 1979, and was met with a massive crowd of supporters (Stock). A group of Iranian students stormed the United States embassy in Tehran, taking 52 American hostages, in November, 1979 (Stock). Khomeini became the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, soon after the provisional government collapsed, in December, 1979 (Stock). The United States government officially ended diplomatic relations with Iran in 1980 (Stock). On January 20, 1981, 444 days after they were first taken, all 52 American hostages were released from Iran (Stock). In 1995, a trade embargo was instated between the United States and Iran (Stock).

The Iran Hostage Crisis began on November 4, 1979, and ended on January 20 1981, a span of 444 days. A total of sixty-six hostages were taken in the American Embassy in Iran. After a short period of time the Iranian students released fifteen hostages (“Iran Hostage Crisis” United). The hostages were kept in the American Embassy located in

Sometimes pictures are the only way to get someone's point across, but is it truthfully accurate. These picture may seem like ordinary pictures but they have meaning behind them. In this essay pictures are all throughout and some will show the accurate representation of Iran while others will not. Revolutions, Imperialism,and Nationalism are ways that represent Iran as well as Religion and Social class.

Although it seemed from the outside world that Iran was making great progress, within the country the conservative Shiite Muslim population, which represented about ninety percent of the people, would not accept the liberalization of Iran. There was opposition to the Shah because of the changes in the cultural climate of Iran. The large presence of Americans in Iran also caused further fear that the culture of Persia would be lost. (Document D) The new rights given to women were not in alignment with the Shiite Muslim religion and one of the greatest fears of the conservative majority was the possibility of women gaining enough power to change the way the country was ruled as illustrated in the political cartoon. (Document F) By September of 1978 the conflict between the people and the government of the Shah reached a boiling point. The Revolution began with the Shah exercising martial law and the response of the people with confrontations and strikes. (Document D) By December it was obvious that the Shah was losing the power struggle and on

Iran a place located east of Iraq and Saudi Arabia, and west of Afghanistan (“Where is Iran”). Iran is having a revolution with its people because Mohammad Khatami, fifth president of Ian lost to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the presidential elections held in June 2009, former Prime Minister Mir Hussein Mousavi accused the new president Mohammad Khatami of rigging the vote. Soon after the announcement that President Mahmoud Ahmadiejad rigged the election, Green Revolution started where thousands of young people of Iran storm though the streets to protest against President Mahmoud Ahmadiejad. But the revolution did not last very long all thanks to its military, Green Revolution was over and more than 500 young Iranians has been capture for

Throughout the 19th and 20th century Iran saw not only the changing of three regimes, but also the coming, and going of classical imperialists in Britain and Russia, but also late comers to the game in the United States. In each instance however, Iran was on a road to appeasement. In some instances such as with the Qajar’s, Iran’s Imperial family was trying to get more money for the betterment of itself. In the event of the Pahlavi’s, Iran was trying to modernize based off of a western model of success. In both instances the carving out of resources was involved in which Iran stood to lose the most by giving up very lucrative state industries to

In 1979, the Iranian hostage crisis would occur; this event would damage and sever ties between Iran and the United States for years to come. Over the years, Iran would have hard-line leaders that would only further isolate themselves from western powers and more specifically the US. It would be another 30 plus years before Iran would seek out the US and have a conversation between the two countries; leading to what might be a possible change in policy for a country that has been isolated from the international stage.

Medes establish Iran as a nation in the seventh century B.C. Then Cyrus the Great destroys the nation and turns it into the Persian Empire. The empire called Persia is then attacked a lot by foreign invaders for the wealth but still keeps it together. During the twentieth century, Reza Shah renames this empire Iran. He then falls and sent into exile during WWII because Iran was a neutral zone and allied powers invaded.

When Pahlavi made it to the United States in October 1979, Islamic militants in Tehran responded on November 4 by initiating the Iranian hostage crisis (Chun and History.com).

Iran is a Middle Eastern country. It is located south of the Caspian Sea and north of the Persian Gulf. It is three times the size of Arizona with the total area being 1.648 million square kilometers. It shares borders with Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. A major mountain range is the Elburz Mountains. The Elburz Mountains are in the north and rise to about 18,603 feet (Henderson 187). Iran’s government is called an Islamic

North of Iran is covered by dense rain forests. North west is mainly mountainous with very cold weather, like Canada. These mountains prevent clouds to reach the center part of the country which has a

The geography of Iran is remarkable due to its location in the Middle East. When looking at a map of Iran, you have Iraq, Armenia, and Azerbaijan neighboring the West borders of Iran. On Iran’s East perimeter, you have Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. On the South border, you have the Persian Gulf; and to the North you have the Caspian Sea that is one of the largest inland bodies of water in the world. The