THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION AND ITS IMPACT ON WOMEN Revolutions have always had an effect on women and their role in society. Some revolutions gave women more opportunities while others restricted them to domestic servants. The Iranian Revolution is a prime example of both ends of the spectrum. Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Moosavi Khomein was an Iranian religious leader and politician and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution that led the overthrow of the Shah of Iran. Khomein and his fundamentalist
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The Iranian revolution of January 1978- February 1979‚ was primarily aimed to overthrow the Pahlavi government. There were many reasons for the revolution‚ however only a few are major reasons. One of the larger reasons to overthrow the government was because the Iranian population did not accept the policies of westernization that Shāh Mohammad Rezā Pahlavi had imposed. The Iranians believed that these policies were an insult to their culture and that the Shah was being controlled by the united
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Nationalism encouraged many revolutionary changes among the world within the late twentieth century by unifying many different types of people into one group‚ as evidenced in the Iranian revolution‚ the independence of India‚ and the internal regional unrest from the Soviet Union. In the Iranian revolution everyone all the people were unified against the Shah‚ no matter their religion or social class by nationalism. According to the post World War 2 notes all people‚ followers of Islam‚ leftists
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the reality which leads to the over exaggeration or undermining of the current situation as it happened during the Iran Hostage Crisis‚ where media subverted the president’s authority in decision making and controlling the situation. The day of November 4‚ 1979 became important for the Iranian “revolution” where some revolutionaries seized US embassy in Iran‚ taking 65 hostages of US diplomats and staffs. The act was personalized revolution against the United States’ invading policies and authorities
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Islam: The Decisive Factor of the Iranian Revolution “The First day of the government of God” – Ayatollah Khomeini On March 30‚ 1979‚ after the Iranian Revolution‚ which is also known as the Islamic Revolution‚ 97% of the Iranians in the country voted in the national referendum for the establishment of an Islamic Republic. During the Iranian Revolution‚ Islam‚ which appeared in Iran after the Islamic conquest in 637 B.C.‚ played a huge role in motivating the Iranians to fight against the Shah. Islam
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in a state of shock and realization of their true enemies overseas. In a time when building a relationship with the Middle East was at the top of American policies‚ a crisis arose during the presidency of Jimmy Carter. In November 1979 Iranian students took hostage of the United States Embassy in Tehran for 444 days. The shaping of the national agenda and the organizing of the 1980 presidential campaign was drastically altered. At the same time the United States economy was in a recession by a doubling
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I. INTRODUCTION The Manila hostage crisis‚ officially known as the Rizal Park hostage-taking incident‚ occurred when a dismissed Philippine National Police officer took over a tourist bus in Rizal Park‚ Manila‚ Philippines on August 23‚ 2010. Disgruntled former senior inspector Rolando Mendoza of the Manila Police District (MPD) hijacked a tourist bus carrying 25 people (20 tourists and a tour guide from Hong Kong‚ and four Filipinos) in an attempt to get his job back. He said that he had been
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Iran Hostage Crisis In the early morning of November 4‚ 1979 an angry mob of Islamic revolutionaries overran the US Embassy in Tehran‚ “the group called themselves the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line” (History‚ Unknown). The Iran Hostage Crisis was also known as “Conquest of the American Spy Den” which is the literal translation from Persian to English (Lee). From November 4‚ 1979 to January 20‚ 1981 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days in various locations around Iran to make
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Persepolis The graphic novel Persepolis depicts the Iranian revolution from a child’s point-view through the eyes of the author Marjane Satrapi. Satrapi describes her experiences and actions while being raised during and after the Iranian revolution. The Iranian revolution was based strongly on the Islam faith and the establishment of an “Islamic Republic” (Crossroads and Cultures‚ 1008). After the year 1980 when the revolution had been resolved‚ women and girls were required to wear veils and were
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FOUCAULT AND THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION: GENDER AND SEDUCTIONS OF ISLAMISM Janet Afary and Kevin B. Anderson The University of Chicago Press Chicago and London 2005 Janet Afary is associate professor in the departments of history and women’s studies at Purdue University. She is the author of The Iranian Constitutional Revolution‚ 1906–1911‚ and president of the International Society for Iranian Studies (2004–2006). Kevin B. Anderson is associate professor of political science and sociology at
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