Economic Cooperation Organization Motto: "Sustainable socio-economic development for people of the region" Member states of the ECO Headquarters Official language Type Membership Leaders - Secretary General Establishment Area - Total Tehran‚ Iran English Cooperation 10 member states Shamil Aleskerov 1985 7‚937‚197 km 3.06457e+06 sq mi Population 2 - - 2010 estimate Density 416‚046‚863 651/km2 1‚686.1/sq mi 2010 (IMF) estimate GDP (PPP) - - Total Per capita Website
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who they are‚ Tayo and Marji change their outlooks and perspectives. In Iran‚ Marji’s school taught her that God chose the leader of the country. Consequentially‚ Marji believed this throughout most of her childhood. As a result‚ Marji tells her father‚ “As for me‚ I love the king‚ he was chosen by God” (Satrapi 19) Marji’s father tells her the story of how the British took an uneducated man and made him the dictator of Iran in exchange for some of the country’s oil. Marji’s father explains‚ “And
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Satrapi‚ the protagonist‚ Marjane Satrapi‚ begins as a confused and strong-willed child and develops into an empathetic and expressive young woman. At the start of the novel‚ ten year old Marjane‚ or Marji‚ lives with her well-off parents in Tehran‚ Iran at the height of the Iranian Revolution. Marji’s parents raise her in a very modern household with progressive values. On the other hand‚ Islamic Fundamentalists segregate the schools ‚ instill conservative values in the classroom‚ and harshly punish
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Turn Author: Asef Bayat Book: Making Islam Democratic: Social Movements and the Post-Islamist Turn. Publisher: Stanford: Stanford University Press‚ 2007. Hardcover: 320 pages ISBN-10: 0804755949 ISBN-13: 978-0804755948 Key-words: democracy‚ Egypt‚ Iran‚ Islam‚ Middle East‚ political history‚ political theology. Reviewed by: Jacob Greenberg hile other disciplines in the social sciences and humanities have made use of comparative methodologies‚ History has been slow to join the trend. Most historical
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far out way the long term pro’s‚ the current administration will not be responsible for dealing with the long term cons‚ and the current administration will be credited for getting this historic and necessary plan put forth into action. For example Iran can be labeled as a “bad actor” when it comes to honoring previous plans put forth by the international community
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who decide to visit Iran. In Iran‚ Moody decides to keep his family but Betty does not want to stay. Betty tries to escape multiple times but Moody catches her and resorts to beating his wife in attempts to keep her there. Brian Gilbert used textual features such as lighting‚ camera angles‚ shots and music to demonstrate the conflict between the members of the Mahmoody family. Early in the movie there is a scene where Betty learns that Moody has no intentions of leaving Iran. Lighting and framing
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Dimensions and Values This report is aimed to represent a brief description of the Iranian management values today and compare the results with a developed country like Unites State. First it will give a description of some of the characteristics of Iran management and culture‚ then it is tried to categorize these characteristic base on Hofstede ’s Dimensions (1980) (power distance‚ avoiding uncertainty‚ masculinity/femininity‚ individualism/collectivism) and Flower’s dimensions‚ Flower 1975‚ (tribalistic
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On September 22‚ 1980‚ Iraq invaded Iran‚ starting a war that continues to devastate both countries. Over one million casualties have been reported. The interest shown in this conventional war had been low due to superpower noninvolvement and restrictions on foreign press agents in the war zone. Yet‚ because of oil resources‚ Southwest Asia has been determined to be of vital interest to the United States. The stability of the entire region is jeopardized by
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bce) founded by Seleucus after Alexander the great -Zarathustra- Persian prophet (628-551 bce) who founded Zoroastrianism -Zoroasrianism- Persian religion based on Zarathrustra The rise and fall of the Persian Empires Persia empires rose in Iran Iran had developed under Mesopotamia while absorbing migrations and invasions from people coming out of central Asia to the northeast. Four ruling dynasties (Achaemenids‚ Seleucids‚ Parthians‚ and the Sasanids) maintained a tradition of imperial rule
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Put otherwise‚ the Constitution repeats the general words “Islam” and “Muslim” more than 200 times. However‚ there are articles which restrict their meanings to the Shiite Islam. For instance‚ Article 12 reads that‚ “the official religion of Iran is Islam and the Twelver Ja’fari School‚ and this principle will remain eternally immutable.” This way not only the Sunnite Iranians‚ but also other sub-groups within Shiites are excluded. Further‚ Article 58 asserts that the resolutions of the Iranian
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