Iran

Reading the media headlines today and spotting names of countries such as Israel and Iran one would expect the article to be on their disputes or their ongoing nuclear power conflict. Due to the many differences that countries have cultural, religious, political and economic have influenced their relationship in so many ways throughout the history. Going back to the initial establishment of a Jewish country in the Middle East in 1917 when the Balfour Declaration was introduced with the purpose of

A point of contention in recent global media is the Iran Nuclear deal that took place in the spring of 2015. Americans for months have been conflicted on President Obama’s approach to a country that seems so far away from my own life. Curious to critically learn about the origins of this nuclear agreement and Iran’s international relations history with the rest of the world, I took the initiative to research this topic further and expand my global knowledge. Through research, I was able to analyze

The debate around the Iran Deal is a funny thing. Most political debates revolving around foreign policy focus on typical partisan divides. As a conservative, I may have ideologically been opposed to much of the Obama-era (and Trump-era) policy. From the sequence of withdrawal in Iraq to military sequestration, I wholeheartedly believe that former President Obama’s foreign policy was a complete and utter disaster. My opposition to the Iran Deal goes far beyond ideology. It is the single most

In the 1960s, the newly reinstated Shah of Iran launched a series of reforms called the White Revolution. The reforms were intended to modernize Iran. Instead, they led to an increase in the Shah’s power and a greater wealth gap. In response to the Shah’s corruption, riots broke out in the fall of 1978. The Shah went into exile in January of 1979. In April of 1979, a referendum created the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ayatollah Khomeini, the figurehead of the Revolution, became the Supreme Leader. The

Among the nations of the Middle East, The Islamic Republic of Iran stands as an oddity. It is a nation with a unique history, culture, and national identity. Formally known as Persia, Iran is the only non-Arab nation in the Middle East and the only Shi’ite theocracy in the world. The world’s first empire sprang out of Iran and spread from Egypt and Greece in the west to modern cultural identity day India in the East. Iran’s diverse history has manifested into a unique that has put Iran’s political

Shrestha PSCI 2000 Current event assignment Professor Grace Cheng 18th Feb 2016 Situation of the present Iran Iran was known as Persia before 1935 and was the ultimate empires of the olden period. When the monarchy system ended in 1979, Iran became an Islamic republic and the political system was under the control of the supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini. Now it is known as the Islamic republic of Iran. The ‘Iranian revolution’ was the finish line for the Shah rule that had isolated affective political

the Iranian Shah and shook up the balance of power in Iran, Iraq invaded Iran and sparked an eight year long war that would set the tone for future relations within the region. Yet, why did this war begin? Overall, the Iranian Revolution was an unprecedented upheaval that catastrophically changed the environment of the Arab Gulf region. Unsatisfied and displeased with the pro-Western Iranian Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the population of Iran began widespread anti -Western demonstrations and strikes

decades of bloody conflict and volatile regional adversity have given birth to the 159 page ‘Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,’ aka the Iran Nuclear Deal. As Shakespeare prophesied with satirical accuracy; “Ancient grudge breaks forth to new mutiny, and civil blood makes civil hands unclean.” This ancient grudge has always been simple: The Islamic Republic of Iran wants to continue it’s peaceful nuclear program, and the rest of the world doesn’t trust them to tell the difference between ‘peaceful’

the country of Iran, an abundance of diversity defines their culture. This paper will define the culture of Iran by analyzing the environmental, political, religious, and military operational variables, as well as their military conflicts with the United States. The Islamic Republic of Iran; also known as Persia, is a country located in Southwest Asia. Its boundaries stretch from the Caspian Sea to the north and down to the Persian Gulf at its southern tip. The capital of Iran is Tehran, seated

Secular Turkey and Religious Iran Turkey and Iran are both countries that emerged out of the debris of long, Islamic empires. Both nations were truly founded post-World War I: Turkey from the Ottoman Empire and Iran from the Safavids then the Qajars. These empires had kept their two regions extremely stable, and the stability of Islam lasted them both until their downfalls. Post-World War I, the recently founded nations began to move in a new direction: towards secular, Western-style government