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IRAN
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Oil 25% of national income 98% of export value Reserves: 3rd largest in ME
4th largest in world
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Culture
many ethnic groups (Persian dominant group)
speak Farsi Shia majority
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US-Iran relations after WWII – friendly Shah (king) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
looked to US for help with modernization 1950s-60s the shah used oil wealth for
economic and social reforms: health care, education, water, roads, women given right to vote
Islamic based laws changed to laws based on justice
Shah’s reforms created a small wealthy class (westernized)
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Islamic Revolution religious leaders felt Islamic
traditions were being replaced alliance with US criticized shah's gov't
corrupt didn’t help the poor used secret police to silence
critics 1979 shah fled b/c of unrest
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
fundamentalist against western influence
made Iran a theocracy: nation ruled by religious leaders
Koran basis of laws
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
women wear veils in public and lost right to vote
banned western movies and music 52 Americans held hostage for 15
months US imposed a trade boycott - hurt
Iran's economy (video clip)
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today
use western technology, but reject values nuclear weapons scandal June 2009: President Ahmadinejad wins
disputed re-election http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/
06/13/iran.election/#cnnSTCVideo