The Iranian Revolution (Milestones in Modern World History) by Heather Lehr Wagner
By Heather Lehr Wagner
On January sixteen, 1979, the shah of Iran left the rustic he had governed for greater than 37 years. The streets of Tehran, Iran's capital, jam-packed with social gathering because the information unfold that the hated monarchy have been overthrown. The revolution in Iran, led through Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, used to be sparked via many components, together with a widening hole among different periods of Iranian society, an competitive crusade of modernization, an bold application of land reform, and the brutality of the shah's oppressive regime. within the Iranian Revolution, examine how the revolution's function in propelling Iran from a monarchy to a theocracy dramatically altered existence in Iran, and the way its aftermath maintains to form the politics of the center East this day.
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A1. In any country a head of government to be effective must do something positive. . betrayed the common people of Iran by promising them a better deal and then sabotaging his own promises. The people lived for a time on these promises. Then they realized that no matter how dramatically promises are put, you cannot feed your children upon them. They also saw that their native country was disintegrating before their eyes. 6 29 3 Sign of God L ocated in the center of Iran, along the trade route from the Persian Gulf ports in the south to Iran’s capital, Tehran, in the north, the village of Khomein was a small but prosperous place at the beginning of the twentieth century.
The violence soon spread. European shops and businesses associated with the West were set on fire. Foreign banks and the British embassy were similarly targeted. Barricades constructed from tires, abandoned cars, and debris from construction sites were set up in the streets of Tehran, designed to make it impossible for the army’s tanks to maneuver. Many of those who had supported the shah began to leave the country. Soon, frightened by the rising violence, others joined them: doctors, businessmen, and many who had been educated in Western schools.
2 Gunfire could be heard throughout Tehran. Armed guerrilla fighters had appeared in the capital, riding around in army patrol vehicles and covering their faces in masks. Roya Hakakian was a 12-year-old girl when Tehran erupted into chaos. ” she writes in Journey from the Land of No. Nothing I could put into words. But I recognized it when I saw it. . Rocks were strewn on the pavements. Stray tires flared in the middle of every block. Half-burnt pictures of the royal family littered the streets.