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Ho race Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
The Geography of Iran
Iranian Oil Resources
Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh,
Prime Minister of Iran
Became Prime Minister
in 1951.
Nationalized the
fo reign oil companies.
Got rid of co rrupt
military officials.
Was toppled in a coup
aided by the America
CIA in 1953.
The Shah of Iran
returns to power.
Q4
Shah Reza Pahlavi
(r. 1941 – 1977)
Institutes Western
refo rms & ties with
the West .
But, the majo rity of
his people live in
poverty.
Brutal suppression Q5
The Shah
& His
Wi
fe, Farah
Little
mon
ey to reinvest back into the Iranian economy.
Government co rruption.
Anti-Shah
Protests
The Shah’s Chief
Oppon
ents?
1. Oil field wo rkers.
3. Middle class
busin
essmen.
4. Iranian nationalists.
Q6
Anti-American Pin
(1960s)
Iranian Students
Protest in
Beverley Hills
Anarchy & Revolution
(studied in Qom).
Began to speak out against
the Shah in the 1960s.
Arrested and
imprison
ed
Triumphant Muslim Clerics
& Iranian Soldiers
A theocracy is created!
Q8
SAVAK Suspects Taken
The Fate of the Shah’s
Gen
erals
Iran Revolutionary
Poster
Q9
52 Americans Held
Hostage fo r 444 Days!
President Carter
Becomes a Hostage, Too
Hostage Rescue Disaster
52 American Hostages
Released in Jan., 1981
The Khomeini Revolution
Women in Iran
A woman’s hijab
represents her Islamic
and mo ral values.
Political Cartoon
Commentary
Q10
The Iran-Iraq War:
Taking Sides
Secretary Rumsfeld
& Saddam Hussein: 1983
Iraqi Soldiers
At the Front
Over 1,000,000
Iranian casualties!
Q11
Khomeini’s Death
(Jun
e, 1989)
Iranian Supreme
Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamen
ei
PINOCCHIAYATOLLAH
Scott Stantis
A view of Iran’s nuclear
power from Al-Jazeerah
http://home.att.n
et/~iranshahr/
“Iranian.com.”
www.iranian.com/Revolution/war.html.
“Iran Hostage Anniversary.” CBS News.
www.cbsn
ews.com/sto ries/2001/01/18/