what happened during the Iran hostage crisis. The CIA and Hollywood collaborated in a life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans. The CIA agent named Tony Mendez snuck into Iran to bring back six American diplomats who were hiding with a Canadian household. In the Movie "Argo"‚ the director‚ Ben Affleck showed the tension between the U.S and Iran by using memory‚ reason‚ emotion and faith by this time. The director showed the strain between the U.S and Iran by using memory‚ because
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The Presidency as an institution Both the administration of Carter and Reagan were shaped by the Cold War in the aftermath of Watergate. Watergate created cynicism of the government‚ which in turn made governing difficult both intentionally as well as improvisational because the institution of the President was seen as acting in the best interest of itself. President Jimmy Carter and President Ronald Reagan both had their difficulties as President. Carter had terrible problems with economics as
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Ronald Reagan and the Republican Party were preferred over President Carter and the Democratic Party due to international and domestic issues that were occurring at the time of the 1980 election. The international issues were centred round the Iran Hostage situation‚ the Panama Canal Treaties and President Carter’s actions towards the Soviet Government. On the home front‚ the President was under scrutiny by the public due to his political pardons and his handling of the economy including high inflation
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Iranians stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran‚ kidnapping some embassy employees and fleeing six diplomats at the Embassy of Canada. Becoming it in the shelter where they would be extracted by an agent of the CIA and taken back to their country. This crisis brought diplomatic headlines of the international press who followed this stress daily enntre the administration of President Jimmy Carter and the regime of Ayatollah Kohemeni. Characters Ben Affleck: Tony Mendez‚ CIA agent‚ exfiltration specialist
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Funny in Farsi is a non-fiction story about a young girl named Firoozeh Dumas who moved from Iran to America when she was seven. Her parents‚ Kazem and Nazireh‚ and her brothers and she all moved to Whittier‚ California in search of a better life. Her dad‚ an engineeer with the National Iranian Oil Company is assigned to work for an American firm. Her dad thinks that the United States is the promised land. Dumas explains her life as an Iranian immigrant in the United States. Her stories of adapting
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The Coup 53 has just taken place tonight‚ over a course of a few days. It is the first successful overthrow of the government of Iran‚ done by the CIA. The U.S. has been apart of this affair‚ supposedly to stop the nationalization of the oil fields. They kept this their center reason for helping accomplish this‚ but they say they want to help us Iranians get an Islam centered government. This could be the beginning of the Islamic Revolution! Most of the information is confidential‚ but some has now
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discuss later) in Iran. Siassi also explained that the film‚ an adaptation of Shahrnush Parsipur’s novel of the same name‚ was made in the magical realist style‚ which has a strong historical component and presumes that viewers have a bond with the history and culture of the characters in any given picture. Before the film began‚ Siassi specifically urged the audience to pay attention to the themes of patriarchy and imperialism. “The fate of the women and the fate of the Motherland [Iran] are intertwined
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‘bought’ by the western world. Revolutions have happed all throughout history‚ but the revolution in Iran was unique‚ because it was the first one where a leader who was backed by the West had been defeated. Key sources for this analysis include Dr. Andrew Wender’s lecture‚ two articles by Ervand Abrahamian‚ as well as an article named The Middle East and Islamic World Reader. What lead to the turmoil in Iran? One key factor was the role played by British and American governments
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replacement of Shinawatra and the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party. There are many reasons as to why the 2006 Thai coup d’état was staged against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his caretaker government and a lot of it had to do with the political crisis of 2005 and early 2006‚ the planning/timing of the coup‚ what his polices were and who did they benefit/who they were no longer benefiting. Thaksin Shinwatra is a billionaire politician and businessman who entered politics in 1994. In 1998 He founded
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Insights Hostage taking in Quirino Grandstand is another major problem that our country should face. It was a very traumatic experience for all Chinese and Filipino hostages inside the bus. This tragedy was the result of injustice made by the wrong decision of higher officials. Is there any person that should be blame for this hostage drama? Is it the hostage taker? Or the people behind of his back who pushed him to do this violent hostage taking? For the side of hostage taker:
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