Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

The book, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, was written by Marjane Satrapi; it is the story of her life in Iran from birth to fourteen years old. The perspective of Marjane, in her novel, affects the overall presentation of revolution, religion, and social classes. Consequently, with no background knowledge, we only have her perspective which affects our own opinion about the events of the book. With this impression in mind, the theme for the picture above is religion; it shows “Women

Understanding this pre-Islamic history makes the reader have a more in depth understanding to Marjane Satrapi’s book, Persepolis. Knowing the historical and cultural background of the story is very important because without the background there isn’t a story. The history makes the story unique and different in many ways. The Islamic religion is very different from christianity and catholicism for example. They worship a different God and they have a different sacred scripture. Without having the

policy. He made negotiations with foreigners illegal, which was controversial in Iran because it would destroy its economy. In 1952, Mossadegh appointed a new chief of war and head of staff. This granted him control of Iran’s entire military, which Pahlavi had been building up.12 He also tended to the requests of the people by nationalizing the AIOC, at the expense of the British. This initially made the Iranian people happy because they would get more jobs and revenue for Iran. However, there were

Nayef Abbasi The Overthrow of Mohammed Mossadegh The history of the Middle East after the Second World War is full of myths, conspiracies, and crucial policy changes in many governments. One conspiracy that seems to stay unsolved until today is the overthrow of Mohammed Mossadegh, the former Prime Minister of Iran, by a cooperative coup between the British SIS (Secret Intelligence Service) and the US CIA (Central Intelligence Agency).1 This Event has still yet to completely unfold, even when the

Once the war started, there was no going back. People’s lives were changed forever. With the hijab’s they had to wear, it was difficult to bare. They knew they could be living a better life somewhere, out there. In Iran life wasn’t always the easiest. There were riots that went on in the streets, bombs demolishing buildings, and friends being lost. These people had to stay strong for themselves. The Iranian people showed lots of nationalism, even when their county was taken over. They also proved

In the stories “Cairo : My city, Latia in Tehran,and Persepolis”. They all talk about some laws that must do with their freedom and how they must live their life. All the stories Are about someone’s personal experience with the difficult laws and how they are in forced. When dealing with laws that yu may not like or think it’s not fair can be hard to deal with but if you really want that law to be changed then you would have to fight for it. In different countries there are different laws on how

In 1978, the weak government, the international influence, and the economic crisis with the teaching of Khomeini’s ideology and motivation to upraise against the regime, many religious students went to the streets to overthrow the Shah. The Shah favored the rich over the poor and the urban over the rural. Khomeini spread the Shia Islamic ideology when he was exiled in Najaf Iraq to have more supporters in Iran and Iraq. In 1979, the Iranian revolution started and the Islamic organization went against

In the stories "Cairo: my city, my revolution", "Reading Lolita in Tehran", and "Persepolis 2" a common theme is rebellion. Each author had their own view on rebellion and its meaning. Here are the different interpretations of rebellion according to each author… Beginning with “Cairo: my city, my revolution.” Rebellion to this author means standing up for her city. Uniting with her people and fighting for their rights. This is the only story where the characters openly defy their government.

These kinds of people are famous and popular because they did something different that a normal person can do, Khomeini was one of these people. He leads two revolutions a religious and a political revolution combined with each other at the same time in Iran, explain how the revolutions took place and answer the following questions: Who was Ayatollah Khomeini, and how did he become the leader of the Iranian Revolution? How did Khomeini carry out the two revolutions? How did he create a new theory

Iran Hostage Crisis On November 4th, 1979, a group of enraged of Islamic revolutionists invaded the United States Embassy in Tehran. They had taken 60 Americans hostage for 444 days until President Ronald Reagan had taken Oath of office. It was nearly minutes after Reagan had taken office that they were released. Ayatollah Khomeini enforced an anti-Western Islamic theocracy, overrode the pro-Western monarchy of the Shah of Iran. Iran had felt that the United States was interfering with their internal