Iranian Revolution
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Iran Modernization 1st to end Western control (oil) – 1851 Shah (U.S. installed) Land Reform Women’s Rights Alliance with U.S. – secular state
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)
Iranian Hostage Crisis "Conquest of the American Spy Den," 1979-1981 52 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)
Iran Economic Patterns U.S. Trade Boycott (froze $12 Billion in Iran’s Assets) Iran – Iraq War (1980-88) 1 million casualties Destruction 1989 – Khomeini died Moved toward Democracy Current Leader- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Growing nuclear threat - Israel