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the CIA was planning his overthrow nearly immediately after he was democratically elected as Prime Minister. I believe that this was essentially due to the Dulles brothers places in the government, and their connections to British oil, especially Iranian oil. The CIA and the British Secret Intelligence Service used propaganda and built up anti-Mossadeq fervor according to released CIA documents. They used the press, leaflets, and even the local clergy to drive this agenda forward. Whatever was necessary

In The Complete Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, she provides a detailed account of what it was like to live amidst the Islamic revolution. She does so by depicting her life through a series of comic strips, which allows the reader to gain a better understanding of expressions and emotions of the characters throughout the story. In this unique coming of age story, Marji constantly struggles with the pressure to conform to cultural norms, most notably in the three different schools she attends: her

In the book, Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, the main character is the author as a young girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution of 1979. She starts off as an incredibly positive child with enormous faith in herself and her relationship with G-d. Through her experiences, especially when she was in her crucial, early teenage years, she completely loses her faith in G-d and also rebels against her environment. The author wants to show the Western world that there are many people in

Shah, who was the supreme leader of the nation of Iran, was an ally of the United States for several decades. Despite his support from the U.S. government, he was known as a brutal leader who used excessive force and torture of his people, mostly Iranian students who spoke out against him. After decades of death, torture, abuse and other heinous crimes against humanity, the people of Iran began supporting Ayatollah Khomeini, a fundamentalist. To force events to transpire quicker, students took action

and energy shortages and lost their jobs. Despite the previous political issues between Iran and the United States intelligence came up with plans to rescue 52 Americans from the United States embassy in Tehran, Iran. The Americans were taken by Iranian radicals in the attempt to enforce the patriotism and the release of assets. This not only caused economic hardship, military, and presidential conflict between the United States and Iran. It also brought forth the leadership of calling rescue mission

The nationalization of the sprawling Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and its holdings voted into place by the Iranian parliament revoked the ownership British colonialism had on one of the world’s largest oil supplies. This consequentially caused distress for not only Britain but the United States as well. This single act kick started the beginning of the American Coup, a staged plan to overthrow and seize the power of the Iranian prime minister Mohammed Mossadegh in an effort to regain control of the

violence of her country, and witnesses the corrupt government’s epitomes. Throughout all of the hardships she endures while growing up in the war, she learns to overcome and defy the archetypes wanted by her government-strengthening her identity as an Iranian and as a women. As a young girl, she does not realize the harsh realities of the war until her mother tells Marjane of the mistreatments that her Grandfather faced, and “that night [she] stayed a very long time in the bath…[she] wanted to know what

a major symbol for anti-imperialism of the Islamic Revolution going on (Jelodar). Although the government was requiring women to wear veils, many were already doing it on their own to show what they stood for. Satrapi and her mother were a few of Iranian women who felt strongly about veiling they resisted as much as possible, but if women were being killed and sent to prison for not being properly veiled; that could be a reason for why there was so many women willing to conform and veil himself. However

At the same time, in the Iranian Majlis (parliament), there are enough skeptics opposed in principle to any agreements with America, the “Great Satan”. Not only because America is not trusted by Iranians, but also, part of the Iranian ruling circles believe that even minimal rapprochement with the United States will become a serious threat to their power, as absolute anti-Americanism is one of the pillars of the regime of the ayatollahs. Remarkably, the end of the international isolation of Iran

In the novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, the lives of Iranian citizens is interrupted by war. A young girl named Satrapi is growing up in this tough period where religion, politics, gender are all in question and being a kid isn’t as easy as it used to be. The Iranian revolutionary war began___ and had major effects on the lives of Iranians. As a result of the war, the culture of Iran was threatened. Oppression, conservatism, segregation, all new concepts being introduced to the population by