Susan M. Pojer Ho race Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
The Geography of Iran
Iranian Oil Resources
Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh, Prime Minister of Iran
Became Prime Minister in 1951. Nationalized the fo reign oil companies. Got rid of co rrupt military officials. Was toppled in a coup aided by the America CIA in 1953. The Shah of Iran returns to power.
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Shah Reza Pahlavi
(r. 1941 – 1977)
Institutes Western
refo rms & ties with the West .
But, the majo rity of his people live in poverty. Brutal suppression Q5
The Shah & His W i fe, Farah
Iranian elite/upper- and intellectual classes: very pro-Western.
“The White Revolution”
1. The Shah’s Refo rm Program (1963) Land refo rm – 90% of Iran’s peasants became land ow n ers. Massive government-financed heavy industry projects. Granted women mo re political power – the right to vote. Poured government mo n
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3. 4.
The Shah at Geo rge Washington’s Home,
1950s
The Shah with Several American Presidents
The Shah with President Jimmy Carter
Reasons fo r the Fall of the Shah
The Shah spent the oil profits fo r top of the li n e American military hardware. Little mo n ey to reinvest back into the Iranian economy. Religious leaders angry with the Shah fo r too much “Westernization.”
Anti-Shah Protests
The Shah’s Chief Oppo n 1. Oil field wo rkers. ents?
2. Students and other intellectuals. 3. Middle class busi n essmen. 4. Iranian nationalists.
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Anti-American Pin
(1960s)
Iranian Students Protest in Beverley Hills
Anarchy & Revolution
The Shah leaves Iran on 1/16/79.
Ayatollah Khomeini Leads the Revolution
Khomeini returns to Iran on February 11, 1979.
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Ayatollah Khomeini
(r. 1979-1989)
1902 – 1989.
Became an Islamic scholar (studied in Qom).
Began to speak out against the Shah in the 1960s.
Arrested and impriso n
Triumphant Muslim Clerics & Iranian Soldiers
A theocracy is created!
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SAVAK Suspects Taken
The Fate of the Shah’s Ge n erals
Iran Revolutionary Poster
When the devil leaves, the angel returns!
American Embassy in Tehran Taken Over
Q9
52 Americans Held Hostage fo r 444 Days!
President Carter Becomes a Hostage, Too
Hostage Rescue Disaster
52 American Hostages Released in Jan., 1981
The Khomeini Revolution
Women in Iran
A woman’s hijab represents her Islamic and mo ral values.
Political Cartoon Commentary
The dictato rshi p is go
Suppo rt fo r the Palestinian Cause
Funds Hamas and Hezbollah.
The Ayatollah with Yasir Arafat.
The Iran-Iraq War
(1980-1988)
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The Iran-Iraq War: Taking Sides
Secretary Rumsfeld & Saddam Hussein: 1983
Iraqi Soldiers At the Front
375,000 Iraqi casualties & 60,000 POWs!
Iranian Soldiers
Over 1,000,000
Iranian casualties!
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Khomeini’s Death
(Ju n e, 1989)
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khame n ei
The Ayatollah represents the fundamentalist Mullahs.
Ayatollah Khatami
The Ayatollah is considered a political moderate.
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Suppo rt fo r the Shi’ites in Iraq Today
Moqtada al-Sadr, radical Shi’ite leader in Fallujah, Iraq
Another Nuclear Power?
US satellite photo of Iranian nuclear facility n ear Arak.
An American view of Iranian nuclear power
PINOCCHIAYATOLLAH
Scott Stantis
A view of Iran’s nuclear power from Al-Jazeerah
Nobody else (particularly Iran and Arab countries) should have nuclear weapons except Israel, says
Another Future Revolution?
A “Shah” in the Waiting?
Reza Pahlavi (III?), 43 year-old son of the deposed Shah.
Bibliography
“23
Year Picto rial Histo ry of Iran.”
http://home.att. n et/~iranshahr/ “Iranian.com.” www.iranian.com/Revolution/war.html.
“Iran Hostage Anniversary.”
www.cbs
CBS News.