1. The Iranian Revolution 1979

2. Shia Islam Fatima & Ali Aga Muhammad Khan Kajar 1779 Reza Khan 1921
Pahlavi Dynasty

3. American Background with Iran
World War II – Muhammed Reza Shah
CIA coup overthrows National Front Government of Mossadegh
Shah of Iran as Nixon’s regional strong man

4. Reza Shah Pahlavi White Revolution 1963 Protests led by Khomeini SAVAK
Opposition came from both secular nationalists and Shia fundamentalists
Each from their own opposition parties

5. The Fall of the Shah Imposition of Martial Law The Jimmy Carter factor
Oil Worker Strike
Disarming the military
Shah flees to America with Terminal Cancer

6. Ayatollah Khomeini
His son suspiciously died – anger among millions (SAVAK?)
Exile to Iraq
Exile to France
Triumphant Return
Violent crackdown – Tehran soccer stadim
Think Crane Brinton’s stages of Revolution

7. The Iran Hostage Crisis

8. Life during the civil war

9. Ayatollah Khomeini

10. Iran Green Revolution 2009
Protests about the 2009 Iranian Presidential Election
June 13, 2009
Re-election of President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Opposition candidates: Mir-Hossein Mousav, Mehdi Karroubi
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: “divine assessment”
Ahmadinejad: “completely free” and “passions after a soccer match”

11. Iran 2009 cont’d Police and Basiji use of force and violence
Iranian government response
Foreign Intervention
Green Revolution: protests in Iran and around the world
Iranian Green Movement: group to protest the election
“Twitter Revolution”