1. HWH UNIT 13 CHAPTER 20.3

3.  NOT an Arab state  Iranians are Persian and speak Farci  The Safavid Dynasty (1501-1736)  Unstable and basically run by Britain from 1800-1925

4.  Led a military takeover in 1921  Declared himself Shah in 1925

5.  British and Soviets force Reza Kahn to resign  His son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, takes over (1941-1979)  Western  Corrupt

6.  Mohammad Mosaddeq  Democratically elected Prime Minister  Nationalized Iran’s Oil  US and Britain opposed it  CIA overthrew Mosaddeq in 1953  Shah became a puppet of the West

7.  Ayatollah Khomeini  Islamic Republic  Hostages  Argo

9.  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  Nuclear Weapons?

10.  Also majority Shiite  Part of the Ottoman Empire until 1917  British Mandate until 1932  Independent in 1932  Kingdom of Iraq, 1932- 1958  King Faisal I (1932-39)  Many unstable governments and coups, 1963-1979

12.  Iraq invades Kuwait, 1990  US intervention

14.  Sunni vs. Shiite  Kurds