Iran

was at its climax in 1979 with the Revolutionary goal being met by it’s 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

The Iran-Iraq lasted from September 1980 to August 1998, which made it the longest conventional war of the 20th century. The consequence of the war cost billions of dollars and millions of lives. The result of the war, although stalemate would be a critical factor that would shape the future of the Middle East. The historical deep-rooted hostile relationship that emanated from the ethnic Arab-Persian and religious Sunni- Shi’ite tensions between the two neighbouring countries contributed to the conditions

U.S. Relationship With Iran The United States is seen today as an enemy instead of a friend to most Mid-Eastern countries. In Iran the U.S. broke off diplomatic relations with Iran since the 1980’s after Iranian students seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 52 Americans hostage. Since then, conversation between Tehran and Washington has been done by mediators. The United States has drafted and supported UN sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program. Some analysts suggest relative-moderate

and socio-economic conditions in Iran before the Revolution. Economically, the Shah's hopes for the country ended up being their downfalls while politically, the Shah's ruling as a dictator prohibited the freedom of the Iranians. Socio-economically, the Shah didn't place much emphasis on religion, angering the majority of the population. The overthrow of the Shah led to the uprise of a religious leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, a figure supported by many. Unlike advice

Supreme Leader Khamenei; moderate President Rafsanjani; and reformists President Khatami, the Iran nuclear program received support in the 1990s from China, Russia, and the A.Q. Khan network. China and Iran signed an agreement in 1990 and subsequently imported a metric ton of uranium hexafluoride, a feed gas for gas centrifuges, from China in 1991. According to certain safeguard agreements in place, Iran was supposed to report the transfer to the IAEA but they did not. However, support from the

Iran are, Hamas and Hezbollah. The reason this country is considered a state-sponsor of terrorism, is that Iran has continued to support “other militia groups in the region” ( ). They have also tried to smuggle weapons to Palestinian terrorist. Iran provides funds, arms, training and safe haven to many terrorist groups in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon. Sanctions The United States imposed restrictions on activities with Iran. In addition, the seizure of the U.S Embassy in Tehran followed. There

According to the President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, if there is to be further imposition of sanctions by the U.S. government, he warns that their nuclear problem could be restarted at any time. This threat comes with the U.S. President Donald Trump’s stance on the ‘disastrous Iran nuclear deal’ and his belief that it is being violated. However other parties that are involved, like Germany and Britain, have disagreed, noting that Iran is not in violation. Just over a week later, Qatar had decided

To be able to clearly answer the question on whether the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a curious hybrid of authoritarian, theocratic and democratic elements on must define each of the forms of government and compare them to the Iranian system of governance, also to explore the Iranian constitution and make arguments and base an opinion on the findings, This essay will be looking to analyse the Iranian constitution and set out to either question the statement made by Francis Fukuyama

of the reasoning as to why states in the Middle-East do what they do, an in depth analysis linking both the past and present is necessary. The continuous disorder portrayed in the news has created a negative image of the Middle-East. In the case of Iran, this is especially true. Similarly to many other states in the Middle-East, Iran’s past can be characterized by perpetual ideological conflict, rivaling tribal factions and a difficulty in sustaining a

Ruhollah Khomenei overthrew the Western-backed Shah and established a Shiite Islamic theocracy headed by a Supreme Leader backed by an influential panel of Islamic experts–hand-picked by the Supreme Leader (The World Factbook: Iran). Since the inception of the Islamic Republic of Iran, only two clerics have led the country. The Supreme Leader has the final say in state matters and can appoint and sack leaders without consulting other members of the government. The legitimacy of the Iranian government has