1. 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)
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3. The Geography of Iran

4. Iranian Oil Resources

5. Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh, Prime Minister of Iran
Became Prime Minister in 1951. Q4

6. Iran under
shah reza pahlavi
( )

7. Shah Reza Pahlavi (r – 1977)
Institutes Western reforms & ties with the West . Q5

8. The Shah & His Wife, Farah
Iranian elite/upper- and intellectual classes: very pro-Western.

9. “The White Revolution” The Shah’s Reform Program (1963)

10. The Shah at George Washington’s Home, 1950s

11. The Shah with Several American Presidents

12. The
Iranian
Revolution

13. Reasons for the Fall of the Shah

14. Anti-Shah Protests

15. The Shah’s Chief OpponentsQ6

16. Anti-American Pin (1960s)

17. The Shah leaves Iran on 1/16/79.
Anarchy & Revolution
The Shah leaves Iran on 1/16/79.

18. Ayatollah Khomeini Leads the Revolution
Khomeini returns to Iran on February 11, 1979. Q7

19. Ayatollah Khomeini (r. 1979-1989)
1902 – 1989.

20. Triumphant Muslim Clerics & Iranian Soldiers
A theocracy is created!
Theocracy: Q8

21. Iran Revolutionary Poster When the devil leaves, the angel returns!

22. American Embassy in Tehran Taken OverQ9

23. 52 Americans Held Hostage for 444 Days!
Details:

24. President Carter Becomes a Hostage, Too
Difficulties dealing with Iran:

25. Hostage Rescue Disaster
Why failed:

26. 52 American Hostages Released in Jan., 1981

27. The
Islamic
Republic
of Iran

28. The Khomeini Revolution

29. Political Cartoon Commentary
The dictatorship is gone! Bring on the dictatorship!

30. Support for the Palestinian Cause
Funds Hamas and Hezbollah.
Because:
The Ayatollah with Yasir Arafat.

31. The
Iran-Iraq
War ( )

32. The Iran-Iraq War ( )
Q10

33. Saddam Hussein
Background: (up to 1991)

34. Causes

35. The Iran-Iraq War: Taking Sides International support for both sides:

36. Secretary Rumsfeld & Saddam Hussein: 1983

37. Iraqi Soldiers At the Front 375,000 Iraqi casualties & 60,000 POWs!

38. Iranian Soldiers
Over 1,000,000 Iranian casualties!
Q11

39. Outcome:

40. the Ayatollah Khomeini
Iran
Since the
Death of
the Ayatollah Khomeini

41. Khomeini’s Death (June, 1989)

42. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Details:
The Ayatollah represents the fundamentalist Mullahs.

43. Ayatollah Khatami
Q12

44. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

45. US satellite photo of Iranian nuclear facility near Arak.
Another Nuclear Power?
US satellite photo of Iranian nuclear facility near Arak.

46. An American view of Iranian nuclear power
Meaning:
PINOCCHIAYATOLLAH Scott Stantis (Birmingham News) 1/28/05

47. 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