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Barbad GolshiriIran
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History
  • 636 Arab invasion brings start of
    Islamic rule
  • 9th century Emergence of modern Persian language
    (Farsi)
  • 1501 With the support of Shia warrior tribes,
    Shah Ismail I becomes first ruler of Islamic
    Safavid dynasty Shia Islam declared state
    religion.
  • 1907 Introduction of constitution limits
    absolute powers of rulers
  • 1926 Military commander Reza Khan
    crowned. His oldest son, Mohammed, is proclaimed
    Crown Prince.

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History
  • 1935 Formerly known as Persia, Iran is adopted
    as the country's official name
  • 1941 The Shah's pro-Axis allegiance in World War
    II leads to the deposition of the Shah in favor
    of his son
  • 1950 Mohammad Mossadeq becomes prime minister
    after the assassination of Ali Razmara
  • 1951 Parliament votes to nationalize the oil
    industry. A power struggle between the Shah and
    Prime Minister Mossadeq ensues and the Shah flees
    the country in August 1953.
  • 1953 Mossadeq is overthrown in a coup engineered
    by British and American intelligence services.
    The Shah returns.

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History
  • 1963 The Shah embarks on a campaign to modernize
    and westernize the country
  • 1978 The Shah's policies alienate the clergy and
    his authoritarian rule leads to riots, strikes
    and mass demonstrations. Martial law is imposed.

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History
  • 1979 (January 16th) Shah and family forced into
    exile
  • 1979 (February 1st) The Islamic fundamentalist,
    Ayatollah Khomeini, returns to Iran after 14
    years of exile in Iraq and France for opposing
    the Shahs regime
  • 1979 (April) The Islamic Republic of Iran is
    proclaimed after a referendum.

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Government
  • Iran is a theocratic republic, with a Supreme
    Leader determining and supervising the general
    policies
  • Political parties are relatively new, formed
    before elections and disbanded soon after
  • Most conservatives prefer working through
    political pressure groups

Current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Economy
  • Irans economy is a mix of central planning,
    state ownership of oil and large enterprises,
    village agriculture, and small-scale private
    ventures
  • Unemployment and underemployment are high
  • Educated youth seek jobs outside Iran, causing a
    brain drain

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Censorship in Iran
  • The government has tried to stop political
    movements among the youth by not allowing
    students with opposing views to attend
    universities

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Censorship in Iran
  • Iran is the 4th most censored country in the
    world
  • Non-Islamic websites are censored by the
    government
  • Online journalists are harassed and put in jail

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Bio Barbad Golshiri
  • Born in 1982, Tehran, Iran
  • Lives and works in Tehran
  • 2004 BA, Painting, The School of Art and
    Architecture, Azad University, Tehran
  • Installation art
  • Conceptual art
  • Art and Language
  • Art and Philosophy

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Early Influences A Family of Intellectuals
Barbads Golshiris Father Houshang Golshiri,
Author
Barbad Golshiris Mother Farzaneh Taheri,
Literary Critic
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Portrait of the Artist as a One Year Old Child
(2005)
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What Has Befallen Us, Barbad? (2002)
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The Distribution of the Sacred System (2010)
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