1979‚ Iranian militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran and took approximately fifty-two Americans captive. The terrorist act triggered the most profound crisis of the Carter presidency and began a personal ordeal for Jimmy Carter and the American people that lasted 444 days. President Carter committed himself to the safe return of the hostages while protecting America’s interests and prestige. He pursued a policy of restraint that put a higher value on the lives of the hostages over
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Salvador. In order to help the El Salvador he and government fight off the rebels U.S. gave support to Nicaraguan anti-Communist called Contras. Iran’s leader Shan Mohammed praised Western governments and the wealthy Western oil companies. Iranian Nationalist and reunited under the Prime Minister Muhammed Mossadeq and resent there foreign alliances. They nationalized oil company and forced the shah to go away. They feared that Iran might look to the Soviets for support. United States took action
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relation that at first was only based on political and economical diversity develop and start to be perceived as an ancient war rooted in bloodlines and in myths. The 1953 Iranian Coup with the Us support was the first episode that signed negatively their relation. “The American role in the 1953 Coup will forever be viewed by Iranians as the concrete evidence of American imperialistic intentions toward the Middle East in general and Iran in particular” (Roshandel J.‚ Cook H.A.‚
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Chapter 39 Terms to Know * Stagflation: during the 60’s & 70’s‚ the U.S. was suffering from 5.3% inflation & 6% unemployment; refers to the unusual economic situation in which an economy is suffering both from inflation & from stagnation of its industrial growth. * Vietnamization: President Richard Nixon’s strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War‚ involving a gradual withdrawl of American troops & replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces. * Silent Majority: phrase
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In the book Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas‚ there are five concepts from our textbook‚ Lives Across Cultures: Cross-Cultural Human Development by Harry W. Gardiner and Corrine Kosmitzki. Three of the concepts are components of Firoozeh Dumas’ developmental niche such as the psychology of her caretakers‚ the customs of her child care‚ and the social settings of her daily life growing up. The other two concepts are individualism and ethnocentrism. Dumas’ developmental niche is apparent throughout
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Involvement of Successive Ethnic Immigrations: An Indicator of Ethno-Religious Factionalism and Alienation of Immigrants‚ the depths of social alienation and its influence on immigrants are reviewed. Dumas’ memoir describes the experience of an Iranian growing up in America‚ whilst Vrga’s study is applied to different sociocultural aspects of life immigrants may encounter. Cultural differences in morality‚ ethics‚ values and political standings all play an substantial role when discussing
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On behalf of one hundred million of Iranians in our beloved country of Iran‚ I would like to extend our warmest regards to the American citizens‚ Secretary John Kerry‚ Vice President Biden‚ the President of the United States of America‚ alongside your loved ones. Mr. President‚ thank you for the New Year wishes. Very nice and very kind of you. You and l‚ alongside peaceful deal makers of our nations made the peaceful deal of the century and also solved our hostage crisis very peacefully. I see it as
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Canadian ambassador ’s house in Teheran in 1980 after they were able to flee from the American embassy when Iranian militants stormed it in 1979. It all started in 1950‚ when the Iranian people elected Mohammad Mosaddegh as prime minister. He nationalized Iranian oil industry‚ which was under British control since 1913. This way the Iranian population was in charge again over the Iranian oil. But in 1953 Masaddegh was removed from power through cooperation between the American CIA and the British
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and other characteristics of one’s own group are natural‚ valid‚ and correct while those of other’s are unnatural‚ invalid and incorrect. For example‚ in Funny in Farsi Firoozeh experiences ethnocentrism from citizens here in America during the Iranian hostage crisis. Her and her family would sometimes hide their ethnicity and define themselves as other nationalities in order to avoid racism during the crisis. A child’s microsystem is the layer closest to the child and contains those structures with
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context in the storyline of the autobiographical masterpiece‚ Persepolis‚ is highly important for one to get a grasp of and apprehend the circumstances in which the protagonist‚ Marianne lives in during this middle-eastern conflict. Set during the Iranian revolution of 1979‚ the era in which the Shah seized power of dictatorship until he removed from power in 1990. Persepolis key intention is to show the major influences that this government has had on religious impacts on Iran as a whole nation.
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