Iran By Steven Kopack, Lauren Mastriano & George Heftler
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IranBy Steven Kopack, Lauren Mastriano & George Heftler
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Political History•Iran was known as Persia.
•Russia and Great Britain.
• After World War 1, Persia became Iran.
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Political History (cont.)
•The Shah was like a president.
•Reza Shah- took inspiration from west.
•Exiled himself to South Africa.
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Political History
•Mohammed Reza•Ruled as a constitutional monarch.
•Shah taken out of power by Mossedech.
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Political History
•1953--> Shah back in power
•Started the "white Revolution" which caused the Islamic Revolution.
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Political History(cont.)
• 1978: Sit-Ins at Qon• Fall of the Shah's government after 1979.
•Rallies, Riots, Strikes continue.
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Political History(cont.)
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Political History
•2 weeks later Ayatollah took over and claimed Islamic republic.
•Not many liked Khomeini•He was a Shiite.•thought the American way was evil.
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Ayatollah Khomeini & the Islamic Revolution
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Pres. Ahmadinejad Bio
•Born October 28, 1956, in village of Aradan, in north-central Iran, 82 miles from Tehran, the capital city.
•Became politically active while attending Iran University.
• Joined military after Saddam Hussein ordered Iraqi military to invade Iran.
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Pres Ahmadinejad Bio (2)•Became mayor of Tehran in 2003• Ran for President of Iran in 2005,
had full support of conservative leaders & was populist in approach.• In Augst of 2009, Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ayatollah Ali Khamenei endorsed him as president of Iran at large "ceremony", opposition leader Mousavi
• kept away from event.
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2008 Iranian ElectionsTelevised debate on Iranian state-run PressTV between incumbent Ahmadinejad and challenger Mir Houssein Housavi.
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Pres. Admadinejad: Bin Laden is in Washington DC
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How Iranian people were able to
•Iranians showed reality of Iran protests by posting to Twitter, Facebook & YouTube since those sites were harder to block; took video & posted text updates online from cell phones.
manupulate technology?
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Iranians post video of the protests on YouTube & other social networks
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History of Nuclear Relations With the United States
• Shah Mohammed Rez Pahlavi - Leader of Iran
•Wanted modern state
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Made USA Nervous
• Over the course of 3 different administrations
• Ended relations in 1979
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Current State of Program
knowing Iraq had a nuclear program pushed us Based on comments by the Iranian leader, Americans are very worried.
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Ahmadinejad-isms
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Works Cited Bruno, Greg. "Iran's Nuclear Program ." council on Foreign Relations. N.p., 10 Mar 2010. Web. 24 Sep 2010. <http://www.cfr.org/publication/16811/irans_nuclear_program.html#p4>.
Burr, William. "The history of Iran's nuclear energy program." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. N.p., 19 Jan 2009. Web. 24 Sep 2010. <http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/op-eds/the-history-of-irans-nuclear-energy-program>."Top 10 Ahmadinejad-isms." Time Magazine n. pag. Web. 22 Sep 2010. <http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1874579_1874596_1874639,00.html>.