The Islamic Republic Of Iran

Iran(former Persia) is a country located in the middle-east. However, it's not an ARAB country and the people speak persian(farsi) NOT arabic. They are well known for being rich, educated, and good looking. They are also famous for their cats and hand-made rugs.

The Iranian Revolution, also known as the Islamic Revolution of 1979 took place in Iran. It is when Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi the emperor of Iran during that time, was overthrown by the revolutionary forces led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and thereafter established the Islamic National Republic of Iran. The Iranian Revolution brought a big change into the international community and how it viewed revolutions. As Iran’s revolution lacked many of the fundamental causes that were though to give rise to revolutions. It was unusual in the sense that it had no ‘agrarian’ pattern. As the traditional social structure was maintained after the revolution and it reinstated old structure as the Muslim clergy came into power. To understand what led to the Iranian Revolution of 1979, we need to look back into the Iranian history and the timeline leading up to the revolution. In doing so, we can use the psychological theories of revolution and structural- functionalist theories of revolution in order to analyses and explain the cause of the Iranian Revolution.

When thinking of Iran the first thing that comes to most people's mind is a secluded country that supports terrorism located somewhere in the Middle East. However, like every country in the world, there is more than what news and social platforms portray. Iran has many exports some good some bad and there social classes, government, and economy are much similar to those of the United States. Even though there are negative things about Iran you can't hold the entire country accountable. Bad people will do bad things but every citizen should not fall under those perceptions.

"Cultural awareness is a major element of cultural competence as defined by the National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC). It is the first and foundational element because without it, it is virtually impossible to acquire the attitudes, skills, and knowledge that are essential to cultural competence" (Goode). The focus of the paper will be to discuss the culture of Iran. Iran is located within the Middle East centered just between the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf. Even though Iran is not one of the largest countries, it is roughly smaller than Alaska in size. Iran has a long history of conflict dating all the way to the time of the Romans. A multitude of leaders dating back before the Roman era and earlier have taken the responsibility of the task of leading Iran.

Can one country change the landscape of the entire world? Americans must be able to understand importance of one country in the Diplomacy, Information, Military, and Economy (DIME) methodology. This paper will go over the background of Iran, what type of government it is, the strategic importance to the United States and the possible future for Iran and relations with the United States.

Iranians deeply value their social and cultural traditions. The Persian revolution formed the basis through which the country evolved and foundation upon which its empires were established. The Islamic regime practiced by the country formed the basis through which the country’s sophisticated institutions were built. Shah seemed to champion for secularization and westernization (Axworthy,

The current, existing institutions set up in Iran would qualify this country as both consensual and majoritarian. The Iranian executive branch is composed of a Supreme Leader elected by the Assembly of Experts, a president and vice president, oversight bodies and a cabinet (World Fact Book). The Supreme leader is appointed for life by the Assembly Experts, not through the people. Iran also has a weak, unicameral Islamic legislative branch. It is also important to note that Iran does not put a lot of its attention toward formalized political parties and interest groups. Iran is a mixture of consensual and majoritarian government, but recent events and other governmental acts prove otherwise. While most aspects in its written Constitution label Iran as consensual, the government does not always act that way. With nearly seventy-seven million people in the country with ethnic groups including Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen and Turkic tribes, and others, Iran should make the educated decision to move towards a more consensual government to better represent their people and include minority representation (Iran). To make this transformation, the Iranian government should make changes dealing with the election system, executive power sharing, balance of power, political parties and federalism.

For most of the early 20th century, Iran was a very close ally to the U.S. Their main focus for the Middle East was oil and Iran gave them access to cheap oil. However, Iran also had a geographical importance as well. Iran was very strategically located

2. One of the defining characteristics of any culture is its language. This is not because there are so many vast and differing languages, nor is this a matter of ethnicity or ancestral heritage. The nature of language itself can carry down messages and meanings that ultimately express perceptions and recall events in history from the perspective of that linguistic lens. So it is that through the Iranian languages from yesteryear to modern day, anthropologists and linguists are able to glimpse cultural snapshots that, alongside archeological evidence, inform on cultures past. Today there are over 150 million speakers from the over 16 Iranian languages spoken worldwide.2 Iranian languages are spoken in parts of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Central Asia, and Oman.3 These languages all have heritage

Iran, known as Persia until 1935, became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling shah was driven out by a widespread revolution. Also known as the Islamic Republic of Iran, it borders the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, the Caspian Sea, and is located between Iraq and Pakistan. It also shares borders with Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Turkmenistan. Iran is roughly 1,648,195 square feet, the eighteenth largest country in the world with a population size of 82,801,633. It is governed as a theocratic republic, which is their legal system based on Islamic law. The judiciary system of Iran follows some aspects of Sharia law, but is also mixed with civil law that is authorized and overseen by Parliament. Alongside Parliament is their president, Hassan Ruhani, who has held office since August 2013, however; the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is at the very top of Iran’s configuration of power. Khamenei controls Iran’s domestic and foreign policies, serves as commander in chief of their armed forces, and directs the republic’s intelligence and security operations. Iran’s economy is characterized by its reliance on oil and gasoline exports. Their Gross National Income is 1.209 trillion per capita (PPP). Petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, and copper are some of their largest natural resources and their biggest export is petroleum (80%) to China, India, Turkey, and Japan. Industrial supplies, capital goods, and technical services from the UAE, China,

Tehran is amongst the largest cities in the Middle East, and is the largest in Iran, a theocratic sovereign state officially known as the Islamic Republic of Iran. A regional centre for thousands of years, it became the capital city of Iran in 1788 and has grown to have a metropolitan population of 15.2 million in 2015 (Statistical Center of Iran, 2015). The city’s population in 1900 was only 200,000, rapid growth mainly due to the large rural population’s need for education, healthcare and employment. During the 20th century the city was victim to multiple violent periods, in which time many people fled the densely packed conditions of the city. At the end of such war periods, people flocked in their millions back to city to create a new

Iran is an Islamic Republic on the Persian Gulf which dates way back to the Persian Empire in 632. There are many different religions practiced in Iran; the two main branches of Islamic religion practice are Shia and Sunnis. The two-different concept of religion sprung from the split of the Muslim community over who should rule as the Muhammad leader, not the concept of religion but leadership.

In July 2015, negotiations aimed at preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and heading off a regional nuclear arms competition resulted in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and the P5+1 countries. The P5+1 countries include China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The JCPOA requires deep reductions in Iran’s existing uranium enrichment capacity and the redesign of its planned plutonium-production reactor, which together effectively terminate its capability to produce fissile materials for nuclear weapons for at least ten to fifteen years. The JCPOA also calls for highly intrusive International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitoring measures, many of which are unlimited in

Bordering along the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea lies the country that was once Persia until 1935, Iran. The official language of Iran is but not limited to Persian. Also spoken in Iran is Azeri Turkic and Turkic, Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Gilaki and Arabic. Iran’s population includes Persians, Kurds, Lur, Baloch, Azeri, Arab, and Turkic tribes. Islam is the dominating religion with around 99.4% of the population being Muslim. An Islamic Republic was formed in 1979 after the ruling monarchy was overthrown. A theocratic system was then created by the conservative clerical forces which dictates that the laws of the land as being secular and based on Islamic law.

Iran (Persian: ایران Irān [ʔiːˈɾɒːn] (About this sound listen)), also known as Persia[10] (/ˈpɜːrʒə/),[11] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ایران Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān (About this sound listen)),[12] is a sovereign state in Western Asia.[13][14] With about 81 million inhabitants,[6] Iran is the world's 18th-most-populous country.[15] Comprising a land area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), it is the second-largest country in the Middle East and the 17th-largest in the world. Iran is bordered to the northwest by Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan,[a] and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan; to the north by the Caspian Sea; to the northeast by Turkmenistan; to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan; to the