Iranian Influence On Iran

Both Iranian art and Iranian politics have undergone many drastic transformations during the 20th and 21th centuries. In the early 20th century, Iranian modern art was born. Reza Pahlavi took power, ending the Qajar dynasty. The new Pahlavi dynasty would only last 54 years, but under Reza Shah, Iran began the process towards westernization. The conflict between this rapid modernization and Iran’s strong cultural tradition affected the art of the period- visual culture blended western styles with Persian and Islamic imagery. The 1979 revolution brought a wave of traditionalism and Islamization to Iran, and art reflected this trend. Western influence was shunned, and more and more political and religious themes began to appear. During the turn

The American public was so captivated by the Iran Hostage Crisis because they were blindsided by this radical action and their knowledge of America’s involvement in Iran was limited. The media played a major role in influencing their emotions and they already had trouble trusting the American government. This unknown involvement began in 1943 when President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin met in Tehran to discuss how to remove the British and Soviet military forces from Iran because Iran wanted to be its own nation. The United States aided the young Shah, the ruler of Iran, and his government with military weapons and loans. Over time, Prime Minister Mossadegh, of Iran, gained more and more power until he was the true ruler of Iran and the Shah was just a figurehead. The United States, fearing the spread of communism, devised a secret plan for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), to over throw Prime Minister Mossadegh.

Along with Finland and Norway, they suffered and were mistreated by one of the Alliances in the war. When American hesitated at one point in the war, there began a group of Anti-Americanism which led to a Islamic Revolution and overthrow the Shah. The Persian Empire was crushed in the changes that came about at the end of the war, along with the crumbling of the Ottoman Empire. Later, the USSR was established, and they were coming towards Iran’s borders! Colonel Rhan saw this coming and sought power, so he overthrew the Iranian government. This allowed USSR to come in and take over Iranian soil. Rhan, who later names himself Shaw, starts launching new industries and modernizations. He overthrew the Priests and Judges of Iran, and he started his own idea of rule. Iran began to be threatened by different events occurring in the war. They relied on Germany, and their connections were about to be obliterated by the USSR. They had to turn to Great Britain. They made a deal, and Britain sent troops to defend the oil fields of Iran from USSR. The Soviets made an army of 200,000 men and tanks, trying to intimidate Iran, which Germany noted happily. The Germans tried to lure in Iran to a treaty. The pressure put on Iran by the Soviets intensified, and Great Britain considered taking the oil fields for themselves, breaking their promise of protection. Shaw stubbornly refused handing over the oil fields. Time went by and a new Prime Minister came to power over Iran, Nuri as Said. Treaties were made and broken and Britain turned on Iran. They made two plans. One was to attack only the oil fields, controlling them. Secondly, they would take over all military strong areas. Desperately, the Iranian government tried to buy time! The invasion was postponed many times, and finally both sides prepared and attacked. The Allies declared war on the Iranian Prime Minister. War ships,

The oil abundant Middle East country Iran was about to be turned into a communist country due to the Iranian President Mosadegh who supported communism. U.S. helped anti-communism parties by supporting them with finances and eventually exiled President Mosadegh. United States aided the Middle East countries with weapons to oppose against Soviet Union, so that the United States would have access to oil rich Middle East

The complexity of America’s relationship with Iran increased steadily beginning in 1908, when Iran struck oil. The Shah, the king or emperor of Iran, after taking the place of his young predecessor Reza Shah Pahlavi with the help of the CIA, led Iran into a period of extreme wealth and prosperity, the likes of which the Iranian people had never experienced. However, with the growth of wealth in Iran came the growth of Iranian resentment towards the West, specifically the United States. The Iranian’s resented the uneven distribution of wealth that they felt existed and the United State’s influence in “westernizing” their society. In 1963, this growing hatred led to a conflict with the Islamic clergy. The conflict was quickly settled by the Shah, but he was unaware that this dispute was the beginning

For most Americans, the story begins in 1979 with the Iranian Hostage Crisis, when a group of revolutionary university students took over the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran, and held 52 American diplomats, intelligence officers and Marines hostage for 444 days. But for most Iranians, and to fully understand the repercussions of this aforementioned event, the story begins almost three decades prior, in 1953. This was the year that the United States overthrew the recently established democracy in Iran, led by Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh. He had become very popular in the country for having the ambition to finally take advantage of the wealth that Iran needed to grow

Iranian hostility of United States can be traced back to the 1950s. The United States supported any regime that was not communist, even though they would be considered very unpopular with the people of their country. Because of this, Iran became an anti-communist country and the Shah became an ally of the United States. In 1950 the Shah left Iran when Mohammed Mossadegh was elected Prime Minister. After Mossadegh election, he used his authority and nationalized the oil industry in the country. This incident generated fear in the United States. The state department felt that communists could abuse this anarchy and Iran could turn against the United States. The Shah, who had been removed from power, contacted the United States and the Central

This investigation determines to what extent American foreign policy, within the years 1953-1982, caused the Iranian embassy siege. Furthermore, it questions the role that the Carter and Kennedy administrations had in furthering the American agenda within Iran. In order to assess the role American influence played, this investigation evaluates the relations between the Carter administration and Mohammed Raza Pahlevi during his tenure as Shah. Carter’s Middle-Eastern foreign policy is examined to gain further insight into the influence that the United States had over Pahlevi. Also, the role that the televised address from

“Remove all of the baggage- all of the ideology, the history …and look in purely geostrategic terms… it’s hard to figure out why the United States and Iran would necessarily be in conflict. In fact during the Shah’s era, before 1979- recognizing that there were all kinds of other problems- the Unites States and Iran worked together splendidly at the strategic level” ( qtd. in Addis). Initially, the United States and Iran maintained amicable relations but resentment rose in Iran over time toward the Americans. The Iran-contra with the United States lasted for more than a century, conflict beginning in the late 1800s until 1980. The Iran Hostage crisis on November 4th, 1979, served as the

The American government is known to promote democratic values throughout the world. Though the ideals America was fighting for during the Cold War, the government still managed to participate in the overthrow of democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammed Mossadegh. Mossadegh threatened to nationalize Iran’s oil in 1951 and later gained the support of the Iranian government. The British companies had many investments in Iranian oil. It is with the approval of nationalization that the economies of both British and Iran were ultimately harmed. The British government requested the help of the US so that they could perform a coup to overthrow Mossadegh. With suspicions of Mossadegh supporting communism, and being supported by the Tudeh Party, the United States government was willing to sacrifice their democratic ideologies and credibility in the region for the insurance of an anti-communist leader. This would prove to cause problems that still resonate in today’s political and military negotiations in this region.

Back in 1950, when Mossadegh was Prime Minister of Iran, he nationalized Iran 's oil industry, reducing the European influence throughout the nation over the oil commodity. This sparked great fear throughout the United States; they feared the communists would turn the Iran democracy against them. After three years in exile, in 1953 Shah Mohammed

The focus of this investigation is on the United States’ influence on the National Revolution of Iran of 1978-1979. Topics investigated include the sociocultural and political differences between the two countries which

The Middle East was one of the main areas of the world which the US aimed to prevent a Communist reign. After Iran broke off from Great Britain in 1952, America disband aid to the Iranian economy and “left a running wound that bled for twenty-five years and contaminated relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran” (Richman, Sheldon L. 5). It wasn’t until the mid 1970’s that the US began a CIA operation to create chaos in Iran to overthrow and capture Mossadegh, a man with Communist ideals, while simultaneously reinstating the previous Shah, therefore providing oil to America and Britain. America continued to aid the Shah and his corrupt government for the following years, creating a difficult environment for the people of Iran. This corruption and negative impacts on Iranian civilians lead to an internal revolution in the late 1979 that ended with the death of the Shah. Iranians then held American hostages at the US Embassy in Iran, which is the inspiration for the movie Argo (Richman, Sheldon L.

America did not believe that Iran was strong enough to keep the Soviet Union from expanding into their territory and obtaining their oil. The United States found it necessary that they kept control over the oil otherwise it would come into the hand of a communist country, Russia. Russia obtaining these oil fields would be horrible due to the fact that Russia is communist and it would risk the expansion of communism in the Middle East as well as Iran. Mossadegh as a leader did not have enough military strength in order to keep major countries such as Russia out. When the U.S. kept control of these oil reserves it prevented the spread of communism from occurring in the area. If communism were to have spread in Iran it would have lead to the possibility of it spreading to other countries in the Middle East. The spread of communism is one that puts the whole world at risk due to it heinous ideas that take away the morality of a person. The United States could have been upholding morality as it prevented the spread of communism into the area. This is the united States doing it’s job and preventing a horrible concept such as communism to take root and spread. In accordance with communism being a misleading and heionous concept, comes the misconceptions they often

As Michael Axworthy states on the back cover of his book, A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind, Iran is a “land of contradictions”. As this is true these contradictions is what makes Iran, Iran. Iran today is looked as the pinnacle of the Islamic faith in the form of a Government structure. Since 1979, Iran has been known as the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iran will continue being an Islamic Republic for centuries to come. Iran has a rich history of intellectuals and scholars. Iran is known for its vibrant culture that dates back longer than the Western Ideals were even conceived. However Axworthy asks a question about Iran and its impact on the world’s history and the current events that we see in Iran today, Axworthy asks “Is Iran an aggressive power, or a victim?” This statement is a true paradox, can Iran be the next Nazi Germany, the next Soviet Union or the next Great Islamic Caliphate or is Iran just fighting to keep its culture alive from a vast array of attacks from foreign entities and internal struggles.