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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.

As guidance for the basis of the future Naval Integration in enhancing ability to face the future challenges of the 21st Century, the Expeditionary 21 shown the important aspect of the own capability against the way to respond the challenges, whereas will continuously to be characterized in demand a force within capabilities for global response. Therefore, for USMC being expeditionary is a “strategically mobile and light enough to get to the crisis quickly,” and its operate on and from the sea, in and from the air, and on the land. US Marines is optimized to be “expeditionary” within Naval characteristic influence to meet the coming challenges. The potential threats and issues shown on the surface in certain area are directly affected US interests

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

Iran cut all ties with the United States and lost its dominance in the area; it’s army was disorganized and weak. The Iranian Revolution created disorder in many Iranian military units and Iranian confrontation with the U.S. ensured it would be cut off from its primary weapons supplier. During the year after the fall of the Shah, many areas of Iran were approaching civil war; this frenzy in Iran made the country seem much more vulnerable than it really was, and led Saddam Hussein to feel he had his first genuine opportunity to make Iraq the dominant power in the area and the Arab world (Cordesman & Wagner, 1990).

In the year 2014, The United States and Iran are considering working together in order to put a stop to the threats posed by the militant group, Isis. This is a big step for the two countries since just in 2013, the United States threatened to use force against Iran to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Even though, the two countries are facing a common enemy, Iraq; this does not reduce the tension that the U.S and Iran have towards each other. For 60 years, the U.S. had a tumultuous relationship with Iran. From the removal of Iran Prime Minister in 1953 to the most recent, Iran’s nuclear agenda, the United States have been involved. This raises the questions of how did the U.S. involvement in past history shape current Iran

Throughout the years, Iran was involved in many conflicts while still today holding its own against other countries in the world. Iran is located within the Middle East with the bordering countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkey. As early as the period of the Romans, Iran had many types of leaders, conflicts and enemies in the world. Their government structure is similar to most countries such as the United States and Britain. The only difference they have one person that has the power over almost everything, which is the Supreme Leader. Their untrained military, imported and outdated weapons, and a small military force compared to most of the larger countries of

For many centuries such as the early 1500’s, Iran has been an islamic state consisting of Shiites’ majority, ruled by the Qajar dynasty (1796-1925). However, in the early 1920’s during a time of instability in Iran, Reza Khan (1878-1944), an officer was able to overthrow the Qajar dynasty and crown himself as the shah in 1925. With it’s next door neighbor Turkey already modernized, Reza had ambitions for Iran; he wanted to modernize Iran as well , that being he wanted to bring change within the nation.

States instantly come to mind. But, in the year 1588, there existed another powerful navy, the

The 1979 Revolution in Iran was the substantial end of the cooperative long-term relations between the United States and the Shah of Iran. In spite of Shah’s disagreement with the United States over his ambitious plans for Iran’s development since early 1970s, both parties conceded to each other in order to sustain their common political and economic interests in the Persian Gulf region.

The origin of this source is valuable because Abrahamian is a well written author on the history of Iran and has published multiple other books on the political system of Iran. Additionally, Abrahamian teaches at the City University of New York as Professor Emeritus of Iranian and Middle Eastern history and politics. This source is also limited in the fact that this book is written by a Persian author and this brings in a possibility of Bias as there were many views the Persian people had on the coup. The purpose of this source is to outline CIA's involvement in overthrowing the Shah and the beginning of the Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations. This book provides a valuable insight into how the U.S. was a cause of the revolution and how they instituted a weak Shah to create a more controllable country and a puppet government. This was also in the favor of the U.S. because of Iran had an auspicous oil industry. Abrahamian challenges conventional interpretations of the events that fail to highlight how the coupling of oil and Iranian nationalism motivated the CIAs

The United States Navy calls its Nimitz class aircraft carriers “4.5 acres of sovereign and mobile American territory” and highlights their importance to American strategy by noting that an “aircraft carrier doesn’t just launch aircraft – it projects power”. The aircraft carrier has an ability like no other war vessel to deploy aircraft and serve as a base of operations for a wide variety of military activities. As a result, the US Navy forms entire battlegroups or fleets around the use of these vessels and regularly deploys them abroad to meet their strategic objectives. Given that air power is a relatively recent development in the grand scheme of military history, the speed of contemporary development in aircraft carriers is

Most Navy ships have a name and a designator to identify the specific naval vessel. In the case of CVN 68-77, the ships being identified are the 68th through 77th approved Aircraft Carriers (CV), unique because they are equipped with a nuclear propulsion system (N). These carriers are considered Nimitz Class, and this designation was unknown prior to 1975. These carriers are considered Nimitz class because the lead ship of the class – CVN-68 - is named after Chester W. Nimitz, the U.S. Navy’s last fleet admiral (Polmar 88). Through CVN-77 George H.W. Bush, these supercarriers are considered to be the most powerful warships in the world. Throughout this essay, the platform’s history, current roles, and future,

Effecting from a major historical event is supposed to be one of the greatest concerns for most people all around the world. There are many important events in the history of most of the countries that have had major effects in their ways of life. These events may have benefits or terrible effects on the economy or environmental future conditions of these countries. Iran such as many countries around the world that have a great history, had a lot of major events in its age. Some of these have had terrible effects on the Iranian people, but one of the worst of these in the last century is The

Iran is one of the largest countries in the Mideast. It is also part of the Southern Central Asian union. Iran borders Iraq to the West, Turkmenistan to the Northeast and Pakistan to the Southeast. The country’s inhabitants primarily belong to the Islamic religion (Keddie, 1971). This religion occupies most of the countries in the region. The country has some of the economic activities that have sustained it for a long time. It also has a government that facilitates every activity (Keddie, 1971). As part of the government, a defense body ensures the country’s protection. Iran’s political state, military, and economical status are nothing to bat an eye about and are worth proficiently elucidating.

The Qajar empire, brought to power under Agha Mohammad Khan, became, and maintained its position as a major ruling strength in Persia between the years of 1795 and 1925. With the death of the final Zand dynasty ruler, Moḥammad Karīm Khān Zand, in 1779, Agha Mohammad Khan worked to unite the rest of the Qajar empire under him began to take his rise to power. This Turkmen group, ancestrally from present-day Azerbaijan, and it’s leader set out to reunify Iran under their rule, leaving a legacy that would live out the extent of the empire and find its way into modern day history books. The experiences, strength, drive, and ruthlessness of Agha Mohammad Khan aided to secure his long-sought rise to power as the undisputed Shah of Persia in the 1790’s, and set the stage for one of the longest lasting empires in modern day Iran.