Iran's Existing Institutions

IN 1978, as the fever for upset swelled, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called from outcast in Iraq for Iranians to launch priests from their work places. Shirin Ebadi, then 31 years of age and Iran's first female judge, went along with her partners in storming the workplace of the clergyman of equity. He wasn't there. Rather, the adolescent activists discovered an old judge sitting behind a work area and gazing at them in shock.

It was a bright and sunny day in the streets of Tehran, where my father would walk along side by side with the love of his life. He was dressed like any gentleman in the blistering summer’s heat would, but the real sight to him was his girlfriend. She was wearing a bright colored dress and her hair was swaying with the cool wind. They felt vigorous and young to be able to show their affection so freely. Despite that, times have changed in Iran and to practice that type of freedom would result in brutal consequences from the government. At first glance, one would say modern day Iran juxtaposes the United States. However, that was not always the case. According to my informant, my father, Iran was once a country very much like the United States

The country of Iran, previously known as Persia until 1935, began diplomatic relations with the United States in 1883. Iran is the 18th largest country occupying 1,648,195 sq. km, almost 2.5 times the size of the state of Texas (Central Intelligence Agency, 2013). The country has a population of approximately 81.8 million residents with Persian the official language and the official religion being Muslim. Throughout the twentieth century, the country witnessed the establishment of a limited constitutional monarchy in 1906. In 1953, a coup supported by the United States and the United Kingdom occurred against the democratically elected prime minister. The most recent change to the country occurred in 1979, when clerical forces led by the Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah, making the country an Islamic Republic forcing the Shah into exile. On November 4, 1979, a group of revolutionary Iranian students angered that the deposed Shah had entered the United States, seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, and took 52 Americans hostage. As negotiations

They have the main say over the decisions in the government. Much like the system used in the United States of America, Iran's political system consists of the same three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. Next in line to the dictator is the President of Iran who resides four years in a term. Currently the President is Hassan Rouhani, who has the privilege of choosing Vice Presidents along with 21 cabinet members out of the 86 total bodies (Kinzer). The people have minimal to no power over what of authority of the government in any ways to get a figure to listen and stop a decision. Unfortunately, the totalitarianism regime does not tolerate this behavior and usually tries to violently make people stop to ensure fear in the public. The political system is central, however, the citizens have no control over accommodating their personal sovereignty. Journalism and press related methods have been given more rights but are still under close watch of the authorities. Men are required to serve in Iran’s military after graduating high school unless they attend a university, or try to make the brave move of coming to the U.S.A. After this time, it is up to the individual to either stay and continue to live life in rankings or to move to the U.S.A and have a good

Does Iran's experience in the First World offer a solution to ISIS and radical Islam?

Iran is a non - Arab country which carries its own rich language and culture. Iran is mostly Shia and they have a strong opposition for sunnis. Iran is twice the size of Texas and has a population of more than 66 million people that live in an area of 636,296 square miles. Iran is a multiethnic society of mainly Persians, Azeri, Kurds, Arabs, Baluchis, Lur, and Turks. Nomadic minorities and foreigners constitute a very small percentage of the population. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, with approximately 1 billion followers on all five continents. Iran is a religious state. The religious rules correspond with state rules. 89 percent of the total population belong to Shi’a group, and 10 percent belong to the Sunni group,

First, let us all send positive 'rays' toward Dr. Melvin-Koushki's for his research on lettrism, because I feel like we've been witness to a lettrist playoff these last two weeks, and his texts have been especially helpful in clarifying and organizing the various trends within lettrism—explaining the implication of the historical and sociopolitical contexts of the various lettrist writers, and their ideological proximity to one another. Kudos Dr. Koushki!

This picture was taken on the 13th of January, 1979, during a protest at Tehran University. Students gathered in the square holding up images of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. This was during the time of the Iranian Revolution which was a turning point in Iran’s history. The reasons for the revolution among the Iranian’s was the lack of wealth and lack of employment opportunities. There were also religious concerns, foreign political involvement, the use of the secret police and repression. Khomeini was the religious leader of the revolution and successfully turned Iran into an Islamic Republic, overthrowing a 2500 year old monarchy.

After the fall of shah’s empire on 1979 and arrival of Ayatollah Khomeini and creation of Islamic republic of Iran, Khomeini established an Islamic religion government and changed destiny of Iran by took charge of all economic actions and turned Iran to a poor country. Later on the citizens started to realizing the mistakes they made, the people were in shocked and felt oppression and dishonestly by Khomeini’s laws, as I see it they revolutionized to bring freedom, democracy and peace to the country but they brought the opposite and right worse than the former regime to the nation. In my viewpoint they saw clearly that new government was based on an theocratic system according on Allah (God) words and people’s right meant nothing to them,

Iran’s Islamic revolution was a revolution for better rights and freedoms, Such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and rights to security, food, water, and home. However, all of these were nothing but a scam. From the beginning of the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran, people started to lose their rights and freedoms. Freedom of speech is for those only allied with the regime. Anyone against the regime would be imprisoned or killed. Religious minorities are not able to practice their religion publicly. Freedom of choice turned into choosing from the choices that the regime set. Rights to security, food, water and home, are now only privileges that only people that could afford it have. The gap between wealthy and poor is so huge

In the spring of 2017, Iranian voters found themselves in a position of fear and excitement—fear for the future of Iran’s economy and domestic and international affairs, and excitement about the positive direction in which new leadership may take the country. This presidential election was a regularly scheduled election, featuring all the traditional processes of Iranian presidential elections. During this time, Iran was at a critical point domestically and internationally, with the fate of the Iranian economy and the nuclear deal of 2015 on the line. Despite the improvements there have been in Iran’s economic performance and foreign relations since Rouhani took office in 2013, much improvement in these domains remained desired by Iranian

The MEK has a turbulent past and a background of information is needed to understand their relationship with the Middle East and West. The People’s Mujahidin Organization of Iran (MEK) came into existence in the 1960s as an armed guerrilla movement inside of Iran. The original founders of this movement were university students led by Mohammad Hanifnezhad. Homa Katouzian asserts that, “After the arrest and military trial of their leaders, and especially in consequence of the military suppression of the revolt of June 1963, they, like some other young dissidents in Iran and the West, reached the view that the only avenue open to them was armed struggle. However, they were raided by SAVAK and almost all their leaders and members were arrested in 1971, before they had taken any effective action.” Their movement almost died with them, however they had ideals that appealed to the Iranian people and more would soon follow. Most of the organization adopted a practice of following Marxist-Leninists ideals and political philosophy. The MEK was a militant organization that intended to overthrow the Iranian government. They were deemed as terrorist organization by many western governments. MEK at first was against the West and their influence as they tried to topple the shah in the 1960s and 1970s.

Whether the actions of the government of the United States of America (hereinafter “United States” or “U.S.”) against the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (hereinafter “Iran”) constitute a violation of the Treat of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights (hereinafter “Treaty of Amity”), which was signed by the United States and Iran on 15 August 1955, and went into force on 16 June 1957 (“Application Instituting Proceedings”).

In May, President Hassan Rouhani won his re-election bid with 57 percent of the votes and beat his main rival, the hardline Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi. Three months later, in August, Rouhani sent the list of his cabinet to the Parliament. Like his first cabinet, most of the ministers have military and intelligence background, and many are former officers of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security. Rouhani’s cabinet is in direct contrast to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s cabinet which the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had dominated. Majority of western analysts describe Iran’s politics as the scene of rivalry between the Reformist-Moderate camp and the hardliner front. A more accurate description should portray the rift between

Formally known as Persia, Iran became a state in 1979. The population of Iran is approximately 82 million with the capital of Iran being Tehran. The main religion practiced in Iran is Islam. The Islamic Republic of Iran is ruled by a theocratic government. Ayatollah Ruhollah is the clerical leader of Iran, overseeing all military and political spheres. Iran has a governing body that consists of an executive, judicial and legislative branch. Iran has an elected president who is selected by a popular vote system for a four-year term. The president has limited power to the clerical leader who is also known as the Supreme Leader. Iran’s economy is primary built upon the oil and gas industry. Many businesses are state owned and operated with