A revolution usually starts with a group of people who support a cause. The definition of a revolution is a significant change that usually occurs in a short period of time. The original goal of the revolution was to end the repressive dictatorship of the shah‚ who was seen corrupt. This lead to revolutionary supporters wanting to hurt the people who helped. This happened in the book “The Septembers of Shiraz”‚ the book takes place during the iranian revolution and the revolutionary guards were getting
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In the Iran-Contra affair‚ the exchange of hostages for arm significantly changed many citizens views of the U.S. officials. The political scandal demonstrated what the government could do without suffering the consequences the encounter between the U.S‚ Iran‚ and Nicaragua led to the exploration of new relationships in the exchange of hostages for arms. The Iran-Contra Affairs in the 1980s emanated from the Reagan Administration’s foreign policies. The Administration believed that changes to Nicaragua
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In early November 1979‚ a group of radical Iranian students stormed the United States embassy in Tehran‚ Iran. 66 American citizens and diplomats were taken hostage‚ although fourteen hostages were released‚ leaving fifty-two American citizens held hostage for 444 days. Iranian propaganda explained that the hostages were treated like guests‚ but they were actually punished and beaten. Constant American media coverage played its part in the 1980 presidential election‚ negatively affecting President
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The Islamic Revolution and second Iran and Iraq war occurred in 1979 and changed many lives. During this time‚ families and communities were torn apart. Their lives were never the same again. Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis tells readers her childhood through comics. She demonstrates to readers how the revolution and war dramatically changed the lives of her friends‚ family and herself. Even though the Islamic Revolution was to defend and free their country‚ the consequences of the war destroyed the
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The 1980s was a period of when the scandal‚ in which what was known as the Iran Contra Affair‚ had occurred. The situation of the Iran Contra Affair took place during President Ronald Reagan’s second term of administration. In addition‚ the Iran Contra Affair besides the US‚ involved two other countries: Iran and Nicaragua. (Infoplease.com). Over in Iran‚ there were "seven American hostages being held in Lebanon"(Wikipedia.com). Meanwhile‚ there was also a war going on between Iraq and Iran in
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Introduction The graphic novel Persepolis is a two-part series by author Marjane Satrapi that consists of Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return. The graphic novels carry the reader through Satrapi’s life as a child in Iran‚ her migration to Austria to get away from the war and its effects‚ and back to the war-torn country of Iran when Satrapi has matured into a lady. The novels aim to highlight the author’s experiences she faces both in her childhood and her
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In the book‚ Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi‚ the main character is the author as a young girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution of 1979. She starts off as an incredibly positive child with enormous faith in herself and her relationship with G-d. Through her experiences‚ especially when she was in her crucial‚ early teenage years‚ she completely loses her faith in G-d and also rebels against her environment. The author wants to show the Western world that there are many people in
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On August 19‚ 1953‚ the Iranian military‚ supported by the United States government‚ overthrew Premier Mohammed Mosaddeq and reinstated the Shah of Iran‚ marking the first real instance of U.S covert action and regime change. While the CIA has only recently admitted to U.S involvement‚ the motivations for this coup d’état were quite clear. Mosaddeq came to power in 1951 and almost instantly made his nationalist ideologies publicly known by calling for the expropriation of Iran’s oil fields. This
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In the book Persepolis‚ the pictures represent a devastating time in Iranian history. The fourth panel on page twenty nine is a picture that gives a good representation of Iran’s history. The bottom left corner presents Marjane’s father taking pictures of demonstrations and fighting between the people and the government. To the right of Marjane’s father are nine pictures unaligned‚ all of whom are taken during the demonstration. The pictures were mainly of the military controlling the demonstrators
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Ayatollah Khomeini The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khumeini born in Khomein‚ Iran‚ 1901 bacame leader of Iran in 1970 by forcing the overthrow of the SHAH(MUHAMMAD REZA SHAH PAHALVI) and Prime Minister Shahpur Bakhtiar. The son of ayatollah of the Shiite sect‚ he achieved the high religious rank of ayatollah in the 1940’s and by 1962was one of the 6 grand ayatollah’s of Iran’s Shiite muslims. Exiled in 1963 for his part and religious demonstrations against shah‚ he moved to France in 1978. In Paris Khomeini
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