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Arab Spring 2010-2011 Timeline

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

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

Egypt February 11, 2011 Mubarak resigns Hosni Mubarak refusing to resign (Jan. 2011) Mubarak in jail (in power from 1981-2011)

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 1969-2011) November 23, 2011 Ali Abdullah Saleh agrees to step down (in power from 1978-2011)

Syria Protests Begin March 2011 President Bashar al-Assad In power 200-present President Hafez al-Assad In power 1970-200

Syria: Civil War From Hurriyet Daily News, Istanbul, 9/1/12 (http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syrian-rebels-too-fragmented-unruly.aspx?pageID=238&nID=29158&NewsCatID=352

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

Remember the Iranian Revolution A revolution that went the wrong way Shah Reza Pahlevi Overthrown 1978-79 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ruled 1979-1989

Theocratic Rule, but Factionalism Supreme Leader President President Ali Khamenei Mohammed Khatemi Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 1989-present 1997-2005 2005-present Conservative Reformer New Right

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

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

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

June 2013 Election President Hassan Rouhani