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heritage as founding rule of Iranian people. Removal of religion was mandatory for Second Reza to keep his absolute power within Iran. For example, when Second Reza Shah’s father was in power, he had religious clergy that guided him on action what were needed to be done within the state. When Reza Shah was exiled and his son Mohammad Reza Shah was appointed as the new ruler of Iran by CIA. For this reason, Ayatollah Khomeini used this as his arc to get more people together. Where he expressed that due to

between the countries of Iran and Iraq and took place from September 22 to November 10, 1980. The port city of Khorramshahr, the staging area of the first battle that kicked off the Iran-Iraq war, was a predominately wealthy, upper class city with a population of over 200,000 people. The once cosmopolitan city, Khorramshahr, became known as Khuninshahr, the ‘City of Blood’, because of the violent conditions and number of casualties suffered in the city. Most of the Iraq-Iran war took place just inside

cultural cost? Since the beginning of the twentieth century, Iran has been embroiled in a struggle to maintain its own autonomy against western influences as mentioned by Shiva Balaghi in her work entitled “A Brief History of 20th-Century Iran” (Balaghi). Western involvement has plagued the Middle East for a long time, especially upon Iranians. Much of this is due to Iran being situated in such a strategic position in the Middle East. Also, Iran has always been one of the most enriched countries in oil

The graphic novel, Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi, uses this harsh contrast to illustrate her conflicting views throughout her autobiography. Satrapi’s childhood was challenging and strenuous because of the constant removal of human rights in Iran, her home country. Women are taught to be modest with how they dress and follow the ways of the government without resistance, while men are taught to be brutal and fight senseless wars. Strong contrasts like these called

the education given to students in these schools, but it is very certain that almost all of the teachers of these schools fled Iran after the Islamic revolution started and that others have been jailed or fired for not supporting the revolution. All of Iran’s schools are run by the government’s Ministry of Education and Training. Additionally, the political ruler of Iran, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, didn’t restrict education for females as many Iranians feared he would, but he did proclaim

Allen Dulles was the Director of Central Intelligence from 1953 until 1961 under the Eisenhower administration and the beginning of the Kennedy administration. Dulles was the first civilian Director of Central Intelligence, the longest serving Director of Central Intelligence, and helped transform the CIA from a small government agency into the far-reaching network it is today. Previously Allen Dulles worked as a Station Chief at the Office of Strategic Services, a government agency that was the

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

Cultural Awareness In this paper, the socio – cultural analysis of the assigned nation – Iran – is presented. First, a brief discussion on the meaning of culture is discussed. Second, the five major characteristics that that define a culture are explained. Third, a detailed examination of the common cultural characteristics of Iran are presented. Specifically, the physical geography, military and conflict history, weather analysis and civil consideration with more emphasis on ‘power’ are discussed

The book, Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi illustrates her childhood story while living in Iran. She witnessed a lot of struggles Iran had to face. The main struggle that stood out to me is people getting treated unfairly because of their social class. It should not matter what you wear or look like to be important to society, but in Iran social class is a form of identity. They are not able to be whom they wish to be; are forced to be in a certain social class for the rest of their lives. When an

Likewise, bias is everywhere that it can even be found in the study of the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Speaking of this, Iran is a country located on the continent of