Tension In Iran During The Cold War

Although the British and Russia never actually invaded Iran, I believe that the pull that they had on the country through all of their property, and industry that they owned including people (who they could influence) in some ways related to

From World War II till his overthrow the Shah of Iran was a close ally with the United States and was one of the bases from

The complexity of America’s relationship with Iran increased steadily beginning in 1908, when Iran struck oil. The Shah, the king or emperor of Iran, after taking the place of his young predecessor Reza Shah Pahlavi with the help of the CIA, led Iran into a period of extreme wealth and prosperity, the likes of which the Iranian people had never experienced. However, with the growth of wealth in Iran came the growth of Iranian resentment towards the West, specifically the United States. The Iranian’s resented the uneven distribution of wealth that they felt existed and the United State’s influence in “westernizing” their society. In 1963, this growing hatred led to a conflict with the Islamic clergy. The conflict was quickly settled by the Shah, but he was unaware that this dispute was the beginning

The US and its allies were very intimately involved in the politics and economics of Iran from the days preceding World War II. Prior to World War II, Iran was led by Reza Shah Pahlavi, who became monarch by way of a coup. He was sympathetic to the Nazis. The Allies removed him from power and installed his son Mohammad Reza Shah

There are many important events that have occurred in this world. To the United States, Iran was important. This is because Iran gave oil to the industrial West. In this case, the United States wanted to keep Iran independent and stable. Though, the relations between the two countries soon became broken. One major event was between the United States of America and Iran, which was the Iranian Hostage Crisis.

After the communist revolution in Russia, the British install Reza Shah Pahlavi as shah of Iran in 1925 to prevent the spread of communism. Then because of his relations to Hitler in World War II the Russians and British invaded Iran again. The forced Reza Shah Pahlavi and his son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi became the Shah of Iran (White, 2014, pp. 207-208).

Reza Shah and his son, Mohammed Reza Shah, the leaders of the Pahlavi regime, were trying to enforce modernization on Iranian society. They wanted to be like Ataturk and Gandhi, but they lacked the education and the leadership Ataturk and Gandhi had. The Shah of Iran transformed the county into a dictatorship, as the Shah controlled practically all government operations, setting rules and regulations for the population to follow. All of the factors triggered the Islamists to rebel and fight to have power over the country. The Islamic Revolution took place and forced people to take extreme sides - it was either going to be one way or the other, with absolutely no middle ground.

The Iranian Revolution was an uprising by the common people of Iran who were upset about the doings of their Shah and his government. The Shah’s treatment of his own people can be characterized as unjust and cruel. After all, he severely limited the rights of groups whom he felt threatened his power to rule. He opposed the political rights of religious Shiite groups, which especially enraged Iranians, and led to the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini. The Ayatollah was a religious leader who would overthrow the Shah and establish a proper Islamic State in the nation. Ever since, the so called Islamic Revolution has raised concern over the dangers that Iran may pose to the Western world. Nevertheless, the Iranian Revolution was a progressive movement that reflected the major concerns of Iranians towards corruption in government, all with the intention of removing injustices and enforcing rightful liberties and common needs.

Individuals versus society In the novel persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, there were individuals that were against society. The society crumbled when the government tried to make everyone the same. The stories of these accounts were told by Marjane,herself,her mother,uncle, and grandfather.

Throughout the years, Iran was involved in many conflicts while still today holding its own against other countries in the world. Iran is located within the Middle East with the bordering countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkey. As early as the period of the Romans, Iran had many types of leaders, conflicts and enemies in the world. Their government structure is similar to most countries such as the United States and Britain. The only difference they have one person that has the power over almost everything, which is the Supreme Leader. Their untrained military, imported and outdated weapons, and a small military force compared to most of the larger countries of

After 15 years of exile the former leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, returned to Tehran Iran. After his return followers of his helped him over through the Pahlavi monarchy, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi who was then the Shah of Iran. This event is considered the Iranian Revolution or the Islamic Revolution. His first order, when he was back in command, was to exile all the foreigners who were in Iran at the time. This led to 1,000 US State Department workers to leave the country. Khomeini and his followers drafted a new constitution replacing the Constitution of 1905 that previously guided the nation. This constitution was voted on to become the Islamic Republic of Iran, in which he was the first leader. Iran was not happy with the United States however; on November 4th a group of Iranian students took 52 hostages. What is commonly known as the Iran hostage crisis was a militant diplomatic crisis between the United States and Iran. A

The Iranian revolution was an ideological affair. With different visions for the future of Iran, the revolutionaries were united for toppling the monarchy, which they had substantially. All the visions of these revolutionary, however, were colored by ideology. Ayatollah Khomeini was the leader of that Iranian revolution against the shah. Khomeini marched with Shi’ite (Shiyah) Ideology to denounce the Shahs and created a negative impression among the Iranian People against the Shah’s regime. The Shi’ite Ideologies were based on Islamic shariah, The Iranian culture was based on Islamic culture with an increasing influence of western culture and the shah’s regime was friendly with the western culture & policies and mostly against the Shi’ite & Islamic fundamentalism. The second difference was, shi’ite (shiyah) ideology doesn’t support the monarchy or imperialism in Islamic countries, the Iranian culture in that time were divided in their ideology in between shi’ite (Shiyah) and shahs, and the shah’s regime was totally a monarchy and supported by the US and western policy makers. This difference was also mostly liable for the Iranian revolution. The third and last variation was, the Shi’ite (Shiyah) ideologies tends to follow the shariyah,

Before the war, Shah was the leader of Iran, whose dictatorship repressed dissent and restricted political freedoms. Shah also pushed the country to adopt Western-oriented secular modernization. Britain and the US counted Iran as an ally in the middle east. One of the causes for the revolution was the Shah's regime became increasingly oppressive, brutal, corrupt, and extravegant. One of the other causes was, Shah's regime was also suffering from basic function failures that brought economic bottlenecks, shortages, and

Tarock looks at the reasons behind the friendly relationship between Iran and Russia and its impact on central Asia and the Middle East. He argues that a harmonious relationship between Iran and Russia is mutually beneficial – for Russia, access to the Persian Gulf through Iran benefits the Russian economy because it facilitates trade and cooperation with “moderate regimes in the region who can help maintain peace and security close to Russian boundaries” alleviates threats on one front. For Iran, Russia’s “political support at both the international and regional levels at a time when the USA is attempting to isolate Iran internationally and pressing its Western allies to do likewise”, and “Russia’s sale of weapons, building nuclear power

The Cold War enormously affected the fate of many states; Iran and Afghanistan were two which