Arab Spring 2010-2011 Timeline.

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Arab Spring 2010-2011 Timeline

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Tunisia December 2011 December 17, 2010 January 14, 2011 Mohamed Bouazizi, street vendor Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian President since 1987 resigns

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Tunisia December 2011

December 17, 2010Mohamed Bouazizi, street

vendor

January 14, 2011Zine el Abidine Ben Ali,Tunisian President since 1987resigns

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Egypt January 2011• 1/17/11 (self-immolations)• 1/25/11 (Huge protests begin)• Tahrir Square, Cairo

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Egypt February 11, 2011Mubarak resigns

Hosni Mubarak refusing to resign (Jan. 2011)

Mubarak in jail (in power from 1981-2011)

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Arab Spring moves into summerLibya (Major protests begin February 2011)August 26, 2011Muammar Ghadaffi overthrown (in power 1969-2011)

Yemen (Protests begin in January 2011)November 23, 2011Ali Abdullah Saleh agrees to

step down(in power from 1978-2011)

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SyriaProtests Begin March 2011

President Hafez al-AssadIn power 1970-200

President Bashar al-AssadIn power 200-present

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Syria: Civil War

From Hurriyet Daily News, Istanbul, 9/1/12 (http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syrian-rebels-too-fragmented-unruly.aspx?pageID=238&nID=29158&NewsCatID=352

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Overthrowing the dictator is the beginning,

not the end!Now comes the hard part…

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Remember the Iranian RevolutionA revolution that went the wrong way

Shah Reza PahleviOverthrown 1978-79

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ruled 1979-1989

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Theocratic Rule, but FactionalismSupreme Leader President PresidentAli Khamenei Mohammed Khatemi Mahmoud

Ahmadinejad1989-present 1997-2005 2005-presentConservative Reformer New Right

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June 2009 The Green MovementJune 12, 2009 Ahmadinejad wins election; clear fraud• June 13 Protests begin

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Protesters arrested, killed, torturedLarge protests continued into December 2009Protests still occur on important dates

Leaders of the Green Movement?Mehdi Karubi Mir Hossein Mousavi

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Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program• IAEA Reports on Iran• IAEA Chronology of Iran’s Program• US National Intelligence Estimate on Iran, 2007,

“Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities”• US Congressional Research Service report on “Iran’s

Nuclear Program: Status,” September 2012• Documents of UN Security Council Iran Sanctions

Committee

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June 2013 ElectionPresident Hassan Rouhani