East vs. West The Iran Revolution

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East vs. WestThe Iran Revolution

• Patten Valdner
• Global History II
• Mepham High School

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Iran
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Shah Mohammed Reza PahlaviIran

• Iranian nationalist who attempted to modernize
  and westernize Iran.
• Allows capitalism
• Developed Irans oil industry
• Repressed civil rights.
• Supported by US

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A Divided Iran

• Upper Classes
• Wealthy
• Urban
• Westernized
• Secular
• Minority of the population

• Lower Classes
• Poor
• Rural
• Traditional
• Very Religious
• Majority of the population

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Ayatollah KhomeiniIran

• Fundamentalist cleric he led the 1979 Iranian
  Revolution.
• Under his leadership America was known as the
  great satan.

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Fundamentalist

• A fundamentalist is a believer in traditional
  religious beliefs. Often fundamentalists oppose
  modern reforms in favor of returning to
  traditional beliefs.

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Ayatollah Khomeini

• Overthrows the Shah
• Religious man who wants Iran to be a religious
  state (Islamic Fundamentalist)
• Leads the Iranian Revolution
• Iran becomes a strict Muslim state

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The Iranian Revolution 1979

• Causes
• Shah Pahlavi was westernizing Iran
• Religious people were unhappy
• Khomeini will gain support of the Islamic
  Fundamentalists

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American Hostages
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The Iranian Revolution 1979

• Effects
• Khomeini takes power in 1979
• The Shah flees Iran helped by U.S.A.
• 53 Americans are taken hostage at the US embassy
  until 1981

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The Iranian Revolution 1979

• Effects
• Iran becomes a theocracy
• Iran becomes a strict Muslim State laws in Iran
  are based in the Koran (Quran)
• Women lost all rights and privileges. Government
  bans western books.

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Conflict between Modernization Tradition