How Did The American Revolution Affect Iran
To what extent did the U.S help and aid Iran and its people during the Iranian Revolution of 1979?
Every country has its enemies, its allies, and some who aren’t either. In this case, America’s relationship with Iran started out as healthy , even flourishing, but that all changed during the Iranian Revolution, when things started going pretty bad.
The U.S and Iran used to have a good relationship, but things fell apart during the Iranian revolution. Right before the revolution, the U.S propelled the Shah Mohamed Reza and replaced him with a charismatic guy called Mohammed Mossadegh. Mossadegh nationalized the Anglo- Iranian Oil company in the year 1951; it was a company that gave Britain billions of dollars every year. This nationalization …show more content…
The revolution in America consisted of six pars: a new election law including women’s suffrage, sale of government owned factories which were made to finance land reforms, the nationalization of forests, land reform, a plan to give workers a share of industrial profits and a national literacy campaign.
Countries like Iran have secular reforms which help in showing progressivism and liberalism, and the U.S likes that because it would make the Shah more popular and also because the U.S “has a certain paranoia towards Islam.”
America in many ways helped the Shah gain full control and power over his country, but it also helped him build his army and sustain it.
Also, American presidents as they passed through their years of ruling contributed to Iran by giving them bills and endorsed diplomatic measures to ensure the peace and the Shah, Mohammad Reza, replied to that by forcing in a “legislation through parliament that would make Washington happy and content.”
In the year 1964, the Sha’s chosen parliament members, called the Majles”, agreed in taking up $200 million from the U.S as a loan for military supplies and equipment. The people who opposed the Shah all across the globe thought it was a sign of bondage to the United
Every country has its enemies, its allies, and some who aren’t either. In this case, America’s relationship with Iran started out as healthy , even flourishing, but that all changed during the Iranian Revolution, when things started going pretty bad.
The U.S and Iran used to have a good relationship, but things fell apart during the Iranian revolution. Right before the revolution, the U.S propelled the Shah Mohamed Reza and replaced him with a charismatic guy called Mohammed Mossadegh. Mossadegh nationalized the Anglo- Iranian Oil company in the year 1951; it was a company that gave Britain billions of dollars every year. This nationalization …show more content…
The revolution in America consisted of six pars: a new election law including women’s suffrage, sale of government owned factories which were made to finance land reforms, the nationalization of forests, land reform, a plan to give workers a share of industrial profits and a national literacy campaign.
Countries like Iran have secular reforms which help in showing progressivism and liberalism, and the U.S likes that because it would make the Shah more popular and also because the U.S “has a certain paranoia towards Islam.”
America in many ways helped the Shah gain full control and power over his country, but it also helped him build his army and sustain it.
Also, American presidents as they passed through their years of ruling contributed to Iran by giving them bills and endorsed diplomatic measures to ensure the peace and the Shah, Mohammad Reza, replied to that by forcing in a “legislation through parliament that would make Washington happy and content.”
In the year 1964, the Sha’s chosen parliament members, called the Majles”, agreed in taking up $200 million from the U.S as a loan for military supplies and equipment. The people who opposed the Shah all across the globe thought it was a sign of bondage to the United