Directions: Using the following slides as your outline, research the information and fill in the appropriate information on Modern Iran (with some Iraq in there) When you have finished, please save the document into your student file and… E-mail me the document at lgalloway@ausd.net so I can see the work you have done today.
The Geography of Iran
Iranian Oil Resources
Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh, Prime Minister of Iran Became Prime Minister in 1951. Q4
Iran under shah reza pahlavi (1953-1979)
Shah Reza Pahlavi (r. 1941 – 1977) Institutes Western reforms & ties with the West . Q5
The Shah & His Wife, Farah Iranian elite/upper- and intellectual classes: very pro-Western.
“The White Revolution” The Shah’s Reform Program (1963)
The Shah at George Washington’s Home, 1950s
The Shah with Several American Presidents
The Iranian Revolution
Reasons for the Fall of the Shah
Anti-Shah Protests
The Shah’s Chief Opponents Q6
Anti-American Pin (1960s)
The Shah leaves Iran on 1/16/79. Anarchy & Revolution The Shah leaves Iran on 1/16/79.
Ayatollah Khomeini Leads the Revolution Khomeini returns to Iran on February 11, 1979. Q7
Ayatollah Khomeini (r. 1979-1989) 1902 – 1989.
Triumphant Muslim Clerics & Iranian Soldiers A theocracy is created! Theocracy: Q8
Iran Revolutionary Poster When the devil leaves, the angel returns!
American Embassy in Tehran Taken Over Q9
52 Americans Held Hostage for 444 Days! Details:
President Carter Becomes a Hostage, Too Difficulties dealing with Iran:
Hostage Rescue Disaster Why failed:
52 American Hostages Released in Jan., 1981
The Islamic Republic of Iran
The Khomeini Revolution
Political Cartoon Commentary The dictatorship is gone! Bring on the dictatorship!
Support for the Palestinian Cause Funds Hamas and Hezbollah. Because: The Ayatollah with Yasir Arafat.
The Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
The Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) Q10
Saddam Hussein Background: (up to 1991)
Causes
The Iran-Iraq War: Taking Sides International support for both sides:
Secretary Rumsfeld & Saddam Hussein: 1983
Iraqi Soldiers At the Front 375,000 Iraqi casualties & 60,000 POWs!
Iranian Soldiers Over 1,000,000 Iranian casualties! Q11
Outcome:
the Ayatollah Khomeini Iran Since the Death of the Ayatollah Khomeini
Khomeini’s Death (June, 1989)
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Details: The Ayatollah represents the fundamentalist Mullahs.
Ayatollah Khatami Q12
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
US satellite photo of Iranian nuclear facility near Arak. Another Nuclear Power? US satellite photo of Iranian nuclear facility near Arak.
An American view of Iranian nuclear power Meaning: PINOCCHIAYATOLLAH Scott Stantis (Birmingham News) 1/28/05
A view of Iran’s nuclear power from Al-Jazeerah Meaning: Nobody else (particularly Iran and Arab countries) should have nuclear weapons except Israel, says Bush. -- Hassan Bleybel 10/23/03