1. Iranian Revolution

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3. Iran Modernization 1st to end Western control (oil) – 1851
Shah (U.S. installed)
Land Reform
Women’s Rights
Alliance with U.S. – secular state

4. Iran Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 1979 – Shah forced to flee
Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavī
Theocracy – nation ruled by religious leaders
Instituted Islamic Law (Sharia Law)

5. Iranian Hostage Crisis "Conquest of the American Spy Den,"
Americans held hostage after overthrow of U.S. Embassy in Tehran
Released shortly after Iraq invaded Iran – same day as President Reagan’s Inauguration (January 20, 1981)

6. Iran Economic Patterns
U.S. Trade Boycott (froze $12 Billion in Iran’s Assets)
Iran – Iraq War ( )
1 million casualties
Destruction
1989 – Khomeini died
Moved toward Democracy
Current Leader- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Growing nuclear threat - Israel