1. Arab Spring
Timeline

2. Tunisia December 2011 December 17, 2010 January 14, 2011
Mohamed Bouazizi, street vendor
Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian President since 1987 resigns

3. Egypt January 2011 1/17/11 (self-immolations)
1/25/11 (Huge protests begin)
Tahrir Square, Cairo

4. Egypt February 11, 2011 Mubarak resigns
Hosni Mubarak
refusing to resign (Jan. 2011)
Mubarak in jail
(in power from )

5. Arab Spring moves into summer
Libya (Major protests begin February 2011)
Yemen (Protests begin in January 2011)
August 26, 2011 Muammar Ghadaffi overthrown (in power )
November 23, 2011
Ali Abdullah Saleh agrees to step down
(in power from )

6. Syria Protests Begin March 2011
President Bashar al-Assad
In power 200-present
President Hafez al-Assad
In power

7. Syria: Civil War
From Hurriyet Daily News, Istanbul, 9/1/12 (

8. Overthrowing the dictator is the beginning, not the end
Overthrowing the dictator is the beginning, not the end! Now comes the hard part…

9. Remember the Iranian Revolution A revolution that went the wrong way
Shah Reza Pahlevi
Overthrown
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ruled

10. Theocratic Rule, but Factionalism
Supreme Leader President President Ali Khamenei Mohammed Khatemi Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 1989-present present Conservative Reformer New Right

11. June 2009 The Green Movement
June 12, 2009 Ahmadinejad wins election; clear fraud
June 13 Protests begin

12. Leaders of the Green Movement? Mehdi Karubi Mir Hossein Mousavi
Protesters arrested, killed, tortured
Large protests continued into December 2009
Protests still occur on important dates
Leaders of the Green Movement?
Mehdi Karubi Mir Hossein Mousavi

15. Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program
IAEA Reports on Iran
IAEA Chronology of Iran’s Program
US National Intelligence Estimate on Iran, 2007, “Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities”
US Congressional Research Service report on “Iran’s Nuclear Program: Status,” September 2012
Documents of UN Security Council Iran Sanctions Committee

16. June 2013 Election
President Hassan Rouhani