1. Modern Iran Mr. Bach Hudson High School Accelerated World History

2. Persia Greatest Empire to that date in the 5 th century B.C. –Land of Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, and Xerxes –Land of the Prophet Zoroaster Later the seat of the Safavid Empire –Shi’a Islam

3. Iran – “Land of the Aryans” Constitutional Monarchy (Shah) established in 1905 Renamed Iran by Reza Shah to modernize the country Anglo-Soviet Invasion of 1941

4. Mohammed Mossadegh Democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran –Very popular with the people Purges military of corruption Nationalizes foreign oil fields

5. OPERATION AJAX CIA-sponsored coup U.S. supports strengthens the Shah Mossadegh on Trial Kermit Roosevelt Shah of Iran

6. Dictatorship of Shah Reza Pahlavi Lives lavishly Establishes close ties to the West. Represses political dissidents People live in poverty.

7. The Iranian Revolution 1979 Shah flees to U.S. Ayatollah Khomenei Iranian Hostage Crisis

8. A Dictatorship for a Dictatorship Strong Constitutional Monarch Islamic Republic of Iran (Theocracy)

9. A Terrorist State Support for Hezbollah in Lebanon Support for the PLO in Palestine Arafat and Khomenei

10. The Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) US supports BOTH Saddam Hussein and Iran –375,000 Iraqi causalities –Over 1 million Iranian causalities George W. Bush’s Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein

11. The Government of Iran Assembly of Experts (the Mullahs) choose the Supreme Leader and review laws for religious compliance President –Chosen by universal suffrage and serves a 4 year term –Candidates approved by Mullahs Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

12. Iranian Nuclear Ambitions Pinnochiayatollah January 28, 2005 – Birmingham News

13. Iranian Nuclear Ambitions Al-Jazeerah

14. Hope in the Youth