The Iranian Revolution

The 1953 coup in Iran undoubtedly led to a politically destabilized nation and negatively affected the Iranians opinion of a democratic country. From the beginning, the U.S. has always supported democracy, until they sided with Reza Shah. Reza Shah was a tyrant and evidently very fond of using brutality and violence to attempt to make the citizens of Iran fear him to such an extremity that they would not consider

Various factors influenced the 1979 Iranian revolution, but at the core of this significant event was Islamic fundamentalism. The Iranian religious leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, led this movement to end the thirty-seven-year reign of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, also known as the Shah of Iran (Diller 1991, p.152). The revolution was a combination of mounting social, economic, political and religious strains. The nation of Iran was never colonized, unlike some of its bordering countries, making its people intolerant of external influences. The Shah had gradually westernized and secularized his country, creating a strong American presence that was being felt

The Iranian Revolution Iran is a country located in the Middle East. The main source of income for the country is oil, the one object that had greatly influenced its history. Iran 's present government is run as an Islamic Republic. A president, cabinet, judicial branch, and Majilesor or legislative branch, makes up the governmental positions. A revolution that overthrew the monarch, which was set in 1930, lasted over 15 years.

All The Shah’s Men is a historical account written by Stephen Kizner that reconstructs the American backed Iranian coup of 1953. I chose to read this book because I am interested in America’s role in Middle Eastern history and current affairs. One of the many reasons to place this book on a high-school American history-reading list is that it provides key insight into a quintessential example of US involvement in the politics of other independent countries. This book is important to American history because it narrates a turning point in US foreign policy and the Middle East. Unfortunately, the compelling description of the events in Iran are used to draw tenuous conclusions about the root cause acts of Jihadist violence directed against

The Iranian Revolution was its climax in 1979 with the Revolutionary goal being met by its supports. Supporters of the revolution stood mixed in their goals for a new Iran. The Islamic Extremist lead by Ayatollah Khomeini wanted to install an Islamic regime inside of Iran that would follow Islamic law. Religious clerics viewed the Shah as not being a positive leader of Iran and wanted him overthrown and the country left as is. Iranians such as the middle class and students wanted to install an Islamic republic in place up the autocratic monarchical society which the Shah created. All of these groups came together to follow Ayatollah Khomeini under the presence of overthrowing the Shah himself. Needless to say Ayatollah Khomeini overthrow the Shah but, he installed his Islamic regime in Iran and the other groups’ views of government that helped where ignored. Marjane starts Persepolis with the overthrow of the Shah from power in Iran. Her parents being protestors supporting the overthrow of the Shah she had a unique view of the ordeal in Iran. Her comic book Persepolis covers many issued faced by her, her family, and the Iranians themselves. This essay is about fact checking those facts with legitimate sources from scholarly journals and books. The controversies of the Iranian revolution events of 1979 are valid in Persepolis, which are by the failure of the Shah to deliver economic prosperity, close ties to the United States and Britain because of the oil, and eventual

Iran’s government by definition is considered to be theocratic since it is ultimately controlled by a single religious leader; Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei. Although Iran has an elected president, Hassan Rouhani, the supreme leader/ayatollah controls the military, state broadcasting services and the judicial sector. The Islamic Republic of Iran, previously known as Persia, first established diplomatic ties with the United States in 1883. Many people do not understand the importance, significance, and/or second and third order effects of U.S.-Iranian relations, although important. As mentioned in an article by Akhilesh Pillalamarri, “Iran is uniquely poised to help stabilize the region,” likely through its current circumstances and shared international interests. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to describe the significance past and present of Iran to the United States and the second and third order effects, furthermore providing predictive analysis concerning the overall significance. Secondly, assessing and discussing how Iran impacts the Middle East in all aspects while providing analysis into the second and third order effects. Lastly, this paper will formulate a clear and concise short and long term predictive assessment on Iran, with a clear picture of the future intelligence value of the country.

The Iranian Revolution of 1979 was a very significant event in the development of the Iranian state. The Shah was universally reviled, and the revolt against his government brought together citizens of wildly different viewpoints. It was a revolution inspired by populist ideals, but led by a religious fundamentalist. The circumstances of revolution would also continue to influence the national identity of Iran for decades after the event, and is still affecting world politics today in the form of U.S. and Iranian relations.

The Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979 was an event that profoundly impacted Western-Iranian relations, to the extent that its residual effects still linger today. Iran’s revolution of 1979 resulted in a regime change that saw U.S.-supported Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi toppled by the formerly-exiled Ayotollah Khomeini, who promptly instated a strongly anti-Western regime that established itself as ideologically in direct opposition to many Western values. This anti-Western, and particularly anti-American sentiment was common amongst many Iranians due to their resentment of U.S. support for Shah Pahlavi and his oppressive and unsatisfactory regime. This resentment was markedly exhibited to the international community with the seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran by Khomeini-supporting Islamist students, who took 66 Americans hostage. Since the Western “realm” is held together by shared values and sense of community, amongst other features, and Khomeini’s Iran had proven itself to be not only an ideological threat to Westerners, but a security one as well as exemplified by the hostage-taking, Canada swiftly worked bilaterally to defend its realm by sheltering 6 American diplomats in the home of Canadian Ambssador Ken Taylor, and covertly aiding the C.I.A. in the hostages’ extraction . Canada’s role in the hostage crisis internationally reinforced its loyalty to the Western realm, and in particular, its strong bilateral relationship with the United States. This paper will

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

The history of Iran is filled with revolutions but the last major revolution in 1979 is the scariest because it has changed Iran from a modern ally for much of the world to a heavily sanctioned enemy. Altering Iran 's future militarily, economically, and diplomatically. The 1979 revolution was a series of protest and unrest in the country aimed at getting rid of the Pahlavi dynasty. Mohammad Reza Shah was the second and last Shah from the Pahlavi Dynasty. Mohammad Reza tried to lead the country to a more modern era, and as a result, the Shah invested the profit from his country 's rich oil deposits into infrastructure and education. In turn, the economy began to grow and people had better health care, people began to live longer and the

More than 2,500 years ago, the Persian king Cyrus issued a proclamation ending the Babylonian exile, allowing the Jews to return to the land of Israel and rebuild the Jerusalem temple. This triggered a temporary friendship between the Jews and the Persians. During Reza Shah’s reign in Iran, Israel and Iran cooperated on many levels as they were united by a common enemy and shared interests. However, there has always been a substantial ideological split between the Iranian theocracy focused on the triumph of Islam, and a Jewish state dedicated to the security of its people. Thus, these close relations ended abruptly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution when Ayatollah Khomeini, a leader devoted to traditional Islamic religious values, took power, and were only worsened during the Iran-Iraq war. The current conflict between Israel and Iran over Iran’s nuclear pursuits stems from the combination of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the relationship between Israel and Iran during the Iran-Iraq War which polarized the preexisting ideological tensions.

The Iranian Revolution was the first of many popular civil insurrections that resulted in the overthrow of an autocratic monarchy which lasted from 1977 to 1979. It consisted of non-violent demonstrations by the revolutionaries until late 1978, due to the shah’s decision to violently silence demonstrators. The shah, during the time period, was Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. He was viewed by many to be a western-puppet who implemented a variety of systems and programs that suggested westernization. Iran was being transformed under his rule, and there were efforts to separate from Islamic culture and religious values. However, because of Pahlavi’s anti-traditional changes, he saw a broad coalition of forces formed against him. These revolutionaries

The Shah came to power during World War II, when a Soviet invasion forced his father, Reza Shah Pahlavi, out of power. However, during his early years, the man with the real power in Iran was Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. Mosaddegh nationalised the Iranian oil industries, which was extremely harmful to the global economy and various countries. Thus, the United States and United Kingdom instituted a coup d'etat that dethroned Mosaddegh. It was through this coup d’etat that Mohammad Reza truly gained power and control in Iran, as he was essentially a puppet for the western world’s wishes. Additionally, during Mohammad Reza’s reign, Iran hit its anniversary of 2,500 years of Persian-run monarchy since Cyrus the Great. Both these factors were certainly unsettling to the general Iranian population; however, there was more to

Before the Iranian Revolution, the U.S. had increased broad control over Iran by pushing Mohammad Reza Shah to a hegemonic control over Mohammad Mossadegh, a magnetic Iranian Premier.2 Mossadegh nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in 1951, an organization that Britain got billions of dollars from per year.3 Nationalization irritated Britain 's pioneers who then put a ban on Iran, weakening its economy. The U.S. was anxious Iran would tumble to socialism, which was viewed as a danger on account of the progressing cool war in the middle of America and the Soviet Union. English weight and the trepidation of a comrade takeover brought about U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower

The 1953 Iranian Coup overthrew the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddegh. The 1953 Iranian Coup did this to limit Iranian petroleum reserves. After Mosaddegh had threatened to pursue acquiring documents from the Anglo- Iranian Oil Company.