with Author & Journalist

Robin Wright

2015 FIC Iran Pre-Briefing

Ancient Persepolis

Rumi – 13th Century poet

Shiraz – city of wine and roses

Tomb of Hafez – 14th century poet

2,500 years of monarchy

Open session of Iran’s first Parliament, 1906

Shah Reza Pahlavi

Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh

Pahlavi Monarchy

Women in Iran – before the revolution

The Revolutionof 1979

1979 Revolution

Khomeini (1979 – 1989)

IRAN – IRAQ WAR 1980 – 1988

Murals and billboards depicting martyrs

Shiite Crescent

New Supreme Leader:1989

Supreme Leader Khamenei (and the late Ayatollah Khomeini)

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

President Rafsanjani (1989 – 1997)

President Khatami (1997 – 2005)

Ahmadinejad (2005 – present)

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The Uprising2009

Protests after 2009 presidential election

QODS DAY Sept. 18, 2009QODS DAY Sept. 18, 2009

Bus graffitti: “Death to Khamenei”

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Basij paramilitary

Prepare for surprises

Presidential Election ---- June 2013

Presidential Candidates June 2013

Hassan Rouhani

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BREAK

ENGINES OF CHANGE:

Youth

Iranian youth and technology

ENGINES OF CHANGE: Women

Iran family planning program

Samira Makhmalbaf

THE APPLE

Iran’s national women’s soccer team 2008

Mahroz Sae Bonekhohal from Iran’s national taekwondo team

Olympic skier Marjan Kalhor

Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi

Zahra Rahnavard, university president and writerWife, presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi

2009: 42 female candidates register2013: 30 female candidates register

Women’s coalition

“Women should have the same rights as men”

What’s Next?

Graffiti on the former U.S. Embassy Fence

with Author & Journalist

Robin Wright

2015 FIC Iran Pre-Briefing

Iranian currency

Bazaars in Iran

Foreign Minister Javad Zarif

Threat Assessment

Qasem Soleimani Qods Force Commander

Missiles and air power

Iranian missiles

Navy in the Gulf

Revolutionary Guard in the Persian Gulf

U.S. ships in the Persian Gulf

IRAN, LEBANON& SYRIA

Hezbollah

Hassan Nasrallah

From Iran’s Perspective

From the U.S. Perspective

Graffiti on the former U.S. Embassy Fence

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Options

Iranian currency

Bazaars in Iran

Diplomacy

Military Operations

Fordo Nuclear Facility

Bottom Line

ISIS takeover of Iraq

Masoumeh Ebtekar Spokeswoman for hostage-takers in 1979

Former Vice President of IranMasoumeh Ebtekar

ARAK