Iran and Media Influence
Iran and its media influence
Iran is a country in western Asia, officially known as the Islamic Republic of Iran. It was popularly known as Persia before 1935. It has a population of over 70 million and is the eighteenth largest country in the world with thirty provinces, and each province is governed by governor. Tehran is the capital of Iran which is home of around 11% of Iran’s population. Iran is beautiful country with an area of 636,000 sq mi. Iran ranks second in the world in natural gas and also second in oil reserve. It maintains the diplomatic relationship with almost every member of the United Nation, except Israel, which it does not recognize, and the United States after Iranian revolution. Iran is a diverse country consisting of people of many religions and ethnic background cemented by the Persian culture. The majority of the people speak Persian language, which is official language of the country. In the middle ages the Islamic rule comes in to picture. After the Islamic conquest of Persia most of the urban land was under the rule of Muslims. By the end of 9th century Islam has became the dominant religion in Persia. (“Iran”)
Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh was elected as prime minister of Iran, and he is very popular in Iran, because he knows about Iran’s petroleum and oil industry. But the British government with the help of United States stopped the democratically elected government of Mossadegh and he was arrested. Thus shah with the American support modernize Iranian infrastructure but crushed all forms of political opposition with his intelligence agency. Ayatollah Khomeini then became the critic to shah’s white revolution and he is the one who publicly criticized the United States government. Thus the Iranian revolution started. This Iranian revolution is also known as Islamic revolution. In this revolution common people was against shah and Khomeini become a supreme leader of the country. In mid August, shortly after the election of the
Iran is a country in western Asia, officially known as the Islamic Republic of Iran. It was popularly known as Persia before 1935. It has a population of over 70 million and is the eighteenth largest country in the world with thirty provinces, and each province is governed by governor. Tehran is the capital of Iran which is home of around 11% of Iran’s population. Iran is beautiful country with an area of 636,000 sq mi. Iran ranks second in the world in natural gas and also second in oil reserve. It maintains the diplomatic relationship with almost every member of the United Nation, except Israel, which it does not recognize, and the United States after Iranian revolution. Iran is a diverse country consisting of people of many religions and ethnic background cemented by the Persian culture. The majority of the people speak Persian language, which is official language of the country. In the middle ages the Islamic rule comes in to picture. After the Islamic conquest of Persia most of the urban land was under the rule of Muslims. By the end of 9th century Islam has became the dominant religion in Persia. (“Iran”)
Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh was elected as prime minister of Iran, and he is very popular in Iran, because he knows about Iran’s petroleum and oil industry. But the British government with the help of United States stopped the democratically elected government of Mossadegh and he was arrested. Thus shah with the American support modernize Iranian infrastructure but crushed all forms of political opposition with his intelligence agency. Ayatollah Khomeini then became the critic to shah’s white revolution and he is the one who publicly criticized the United States government. Thus the Iranian revolution started. This Iranian revolution is also known as Islamic revolution. In this revolution common people was against shah and Khomeini become a supreme leader of the country. In mid August, shortly after the election of the