Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Iran before the Revolution The Pahlavi dynasty “In 1921, Reza Khan (later Reza Shah Pahlavi), an officer in Iran’s military force used his troops to support a coup against the government of the Qajar Dynasty.” (Ghasemi) The Qajar Dynasty had ruled Iran since 1794. By 1925, Reza Khan had become the most powerful person in Iran due to his containment of rebellions and establishment of order and he was named the new Shah of Iran. Economy under the Shah Reza Shah had plans to modernize Iran while

A nuclear free Iran is the main objective. This policy transcends partisan divides within the American political system and between international hegemonic rivalries. A nuclear capable Iran is neither an American nor an Israeli problem. Rather, the community of nations must collectively ensure the end of Iran’s pursuit towards a weapon of mass destruction. The consequences of failure are unprecedented. Regional stability will deteriorate, global security will be undermined, and economic interests

The Iraqi Arabs descended from a people group cluster called the Levant Arabs. The Levant Arabs originally settled all over the Arabian Peninsula and later migrated to North Africa. They are spread from Israel to Kuwait and as the Far East as Iran. 'Levant' is a broad term that includes several groups of Arabs: the Iraqi, Jordanian, and Palestinian, Arabic Jewish, Chaldean, and Syrian Arabs. The Kurds are an ethnic group of an estimated 25 million people. They live in the mountainous region covering

The 1979 uprisings were aimed at getting rid of the Pahlavi dynasty which contained only two kings, Reza Shah and Mohammed Reza Shah. Before the Pahlavi’s, Iran was ruled by the Qajar dynasty, and before that the Safavids. The safavids and Qajar’s were responsible for two of the most important aspects of Iran: The safavids made Shia Islam the official state religion in Iran, starting with Ismail 1 in 1501, and the Qajar’s gave the muslim clergy- The ulema- political power. The first major revolution

Covert Action A Necessary Evil? The term “Covert Action” brings with it a connotation of shadowy figures wrapped in secrecy and intrigue. It also brings with it a substantial amount of moral questions as to “what is right.” The use of covert action has been widely publicized since the early seventies, but trying to find out the truth to these events has been difficult to say the least. What is even more difficult, is historically recording these events into categories of successes or failures

place. When all of this began President Reagan had told Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, who also worked as the head of the National Security Council, that he needed a way to get Iran back on our side after the fall of their previous leader Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, known as “The Shah”. While The Shah was in power Iran was one of America’s

Whitfield Logan English 102 Ighade 4-7-14 Cultural Acceptance in Persepolis Marjane Satrapi‘s graphic novel Persepolis is an autobiography that depicts her childhood up to her early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. Throughout the novel Satrapi incorporates character development, religion, and the conflict of freedom vs. confinement in order to develop a greater appreciation between two opposing eastern and western cultures. When analyzing the current relationship

Black Friday: The Turning Point in the Iranian Revolution In August of 1978 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini responded to Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi’s declaration that there would be free elections in Iran with, “The people will not rest until the Pahlavi rule has been swept away and all traces of tyranny have disappeared.” Khomeini led the resistance movement against the Shah during the Iranian Revolution despite being in exile. The popular resistance to the Shah begins in January 1978, transforms

The organization was to take charge of the assets of the Pahlavi Foundation and to use the proceeds to assist low-income groups. The new foundation in time came to be one of the largest conglomerates in the country, controlling hundreds of confiscated and nationalized factories, trading firms, farms, and apartment and office buildings, as well as two large newspaper chains. The Crusade for Reconstruction (Jihad), established in June, recruited young people for construction of clinics, local roads

As the latest wave of revolutionary uncertainty sweeps across the Middle East, Iran remains one of the region’s biggest question marks. The Islamic regime that temporarily crushed the Green Movement after Iran’s controversial presidential elections of 2009 still faces serious internal challenges to its power, with no clear indication of how events will play out. Few outside countries have more at stake in the evolution of Iran’s political situation than the United States, which has been in a state