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	Iranian Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Iranian Revolution was the 1979 revolution that transformed Iran from a constitutional monarchy, under Shah (King) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to a populist theocratic Islamic republic under the rule of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
		The Iraqi invasion of Iran would be launched under the pretext of a call for aid from Iranian loyalist officers plotting their own uprising on July 9, 1980 (codenamed Nojeh, after Shahrokhi/Nojeh air base in Hamedan).
		Torture, the imprisoning of dissidents, and the murder of prominent critics is commonplace.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iranian_Revolution (4192 words)

	Revolution and Counter-revolution in Iran: A Marxist View - Part One
		The Iranian revolution was marked, above all else, by the fact that it represented the beginnings of a period of direct intervention of the masses in their millions in determining the fate of the social order.
		The revolution was in its basic social aims, a revolt against the injustices of the Shah's "White Revolution" and the economic crisis it had brought about by the late 70s.
		Capitalism, which in its period of growth under the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran was forced to remove certain functions of the state from the hands of the Shiite clergy, has now resorted to a theocratic form of rule to defeat the revolution.
	www.marxist.com /revolution-counterrevolution-iran120903.htm (3614 words)

	Futurism and Iran's 1979 Revolution
		Whereas in the 1979 Iranian Revolution, although there were some progressive forces on the side of the revolution, but the main forces on the side of the revolution, sought reactionary goals of suppressing individual freedoms, and replacing civil society with an Islamic ommat.
		Iran was a country that faced the challenge of deciding an alternative for the future.
		Iran being the cradle of the first major reactionary revolution of our times, means that freeing Iran from the Islamic Republic nightmare, and moving towards the future, offers the best example for the world, as to how to overcome major pre-industrial setbacks and to go towards a post-industrial society.
	www.ghandchi.com /355-Iran1357Eng.htm (1581 words)

	Encyclopedia Article: Religious Background of the 1979 Revolution in Iran
		The intensity of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the suddenness with which it appeared "out of the blue" surprised many people both in Iran itself and in the rest of the world.
		As economic conditions in Iran in the 1970s deteriorated, political repression became more pronounced, and Western influence increasingly penetrated Iranian society, the people increasingly turned to the ulama in their traditional role as the spokesmen of and intercessors for the masses.
		It was perhaps the misfortune of the late Shah of Iran to experience the effects of a point in time when all three factors were moving powerfully in the direction of social action and against his government.
	www.bahai-library.com /encyclopedia/background.revolution.html (5184 words)

	Digital Essays - Free Term Papers and Free Essays
		It clearly reflected the weakness of the Shah, and the inevitability of revolution in Iran.
		The people of Iran in the early 1980's, had just about enough of all these laws and regulations, and were outraged at their ezdard of living.
		Iran had been in debt from the time the revolution started, and an economic recovery was needed.
	www.digitalessays.com /history/018.php (3686 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: Iran, a Coming Revolution? by Jamie Glazov
		The despotic Shi'ite theocracy in Iran is in profound crisis.
		While Iran provided a model or source of inspiration, the primary causes for the resurgence of Islam in Muslim politics and society are local, national and regional political, economic, and social conditions.
		Iran, the first into the cauldron, seems to be on the way out after almost a quarter of a century.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=3158 (4891 words)

	Women and Revolution in Iran \| libcom.org
		Every segment of the population had been totally involved in ridding Iran of its twin nemeses--the Shah and U.S. imperialism--and it seemed to be the eve of the greatest revolution since 1917.
		What the study also showed was the possibility of a revolution bursting out in a technologically backward country ahead of one that was not only technologically advanced, but one that had a great mass Social Democratic party.(2)...
		On the 1848 Revolutions and Marx's critique of Ferdinand Lassalle.
	libcom.org /library/women-revolution-iran-dunyevskaya (1412 words)

	Salon News \| Iran's revolution may be in jeopardy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		In the most freewheeling elections Iran has ever held, thousands of candidates are vying for 290 seats in the majlis or parliament, in a vote that could once again change life for Iranians.
		Iran's population is one of the youngest in the world -- about 70 percent are under 30.
		On a billboard at the gate, a larger-than-life President Muhammad Khatami declares that sport is good for the mind and body, and that "I support it." Inside, the lines for the ski lifts are segregated, and the one for men dwarfs the women's line, where some of their girlfriends stand.
	archive.salon.com /news/feature/2000/02/18/iran/index.html (743 words)

	Foreign Affairs - Iran's New Revolution - Robin Wright
		Iran's revolution was about more than getting rid of an unpopular king or ending 2,500 years of dynastic rule.
		In the quest for empowerment, the upheaval of 1979 was an extension of earlier challenges to the state's central power: the 1905-11 Constitutional Revolution that diminished the monarchy's authority, and the nationalist rule between 1951 and 1953 that briefly forced the shah into exile.
		Iran's upheaval was part of global change, including the demise of communism in Europe, white rule in Africa, and military dictatorships in Latin America.
	www.foreignaffairs.org /20000101faessay10/robin-wright/iran-s-new-revolution.html (681 words)

	Index of Economic Freedom 2006 - Iran
		Iran's economy was crippled by the 1979 Islamic revolution, the Iran–Iraq war, and widespread economic mismanagement.
		Iran's trade policy score is 2 points worse this year, and its capital flows and foreign investment score is 1 point worse.
		According to the World Bank, Iran's weighted average tariff rate in 2004 was 14.8 percent, up from the 3.1 percent in 2000 reported in the 2005 Index, based on World Bank data.
	www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?id=Iran (1000 words)

	Iran Revolution 1978-1979
		The Regency and Supreme Army Councils established for the Shah's absence proved unable to function, and Prime Minister Shahpur Bakhtiar was unable to effect compromise with his former National Front colleagues or with Khomeini.
		On November 4, 1979, supporters of the revolution took control of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, seized 66 U.S. citizens there and at the foreign ministry, and, with the exception of 14 who were granted early release and despite the death of the Shah on July 27, 1980, held them hostage until January 20, 1981.
		A move toward the latter was facilitated with the resumption of diplomatic ties between Iran and the United Kingdom on September 27, 1990, despite the fatwa (religious edict) issued by Khomeini 18 months earlier calling for the death of the British author Salman Rushdie, whose novel The Satanic Verses (1988) was considered blasphemous to Islam.
	www.onwar.com /aced/data/india/iran1978.htm (940 words)

	Iran and the Revolution: An exposure of the American Plans
		Iran's role, along with other countries in the region was to deliver cheap oil and receive mostly finished consumer commodities.
		Huyser came to Iran and spent all of January there after Shahpour Bakhtiar's government was assembled to persuade the Shah to temporarily go into exile and to persuade the army not to rebel but instead to support Bakhtiar.
		Iran was able to survive the initial Iraqi attacks and launched their own attacks after a few days.
	islamicweb.com /beliefs/cults/iranian_revolution.htm (9272 words)

	MBEAW: Iran: Islamic Revolution
		From Zarathustra to Khomeini: Populism and Dissent in Iran (Boulder, 1990).
		Iran: The Revolution Within (London: Centre for Security and Conflict Studies, 1988).
		The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution (?, 2000).
	mbeaw.org /resources/countries/iranrevolution.html (1291 words)

	THE COMING REVOLUTION IN IRAN
		WASHINGTON The ruling mullahs in Iran are beginning to look like the inhabitants of the Kremlin in 1988 or of Versailles in 1788 -- the storm that engulfs them may not be here yet, but it is gathering.
		The rule of Iran's theocrats has been an unmitigated disaster not only for the victims of their terrorism, but for the Iranian people as well.
		One major lesson from the history of revolutions is that economic privation combined with sporadic and partial brutality quickens the pulses of the oppressed and turns them into committed rebels.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles_2002/Jul_2002/mollarchy_crumbling_30702.htm (997 words)

	History of Iran: Islamic Revolution of 1979
		His message was distributed through music cassettes, which were smuggled into Iran in small numbers, and then duplicated, and spread all around the country.
		He was appointed to the Council of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, and between 1979 and 1981 he was a member of the Majlis, serving as deputy minister of defense, commander of the Revolutionary Guard, and representative on the Supreme Council of Defense.
		He is considered to be reformist towards democratization of Iran's society and willing to normalize the relation with west and reduce tensions in the region.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/islamic_revolution/islamic_revolution.php (817 words)

	Islamic Revolution of Iran different from other revolutions
		From its early days, the Islamic Revolution of Iran was equipped with a universal school of thought whose nature was different than that of other revolutions.
		From another point of view, this revolution is in line with Islamic schools of thought and ideology in the determination of objectives, the definition of the ideal framework, and the expression of the way and the style of the campaign.
		From the practical viewpoint, the genuineness of the revolution lies in the fact that the people achieved victory by using all their power, receiving no assistance from the East or the West.
	www.mehrnews.ir /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=287942 (1631 words)

	JI: Islamic Revolution in Iran and the revolution strategy in Pakistan
		Together with the situation created by the Pehlavi monarchy and an Iran under the American influence, what we must remember is that Shia school was and is, a strong organized force with its centre of allegiance and guidance at ‘Qum’.
		The coercion, cruelty, dictatorship and the awesome intelligence system were employed to such an extent and people were arrested and families destroyed on such a mass scale that suffocation and hatred against the whole system reached their extremes.
		But the violent wave of revolution under the leadershdip of Khomeini washed away not only the Shah’s throne, but the supporting anchor of American interests was also smashed.
	www.jamaat.org /qa/iran.html (806 words)

	Social Research - Volume 67 No. 2: Iran Since the Revolution
		He is the author of The Turban for the Crown: The Islamic Revolution in Iran (1988) and The Shadow of God and the Hidden Imam (1984), and his paper “The Law, Agency and Policy in Medieval Islamic Society” appeared in Comparative Studies in Society and History (41:2, 1999).
		Hamid Dabashi, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at Columbia University, is co-author of Staging a Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic (with Peter Chelkowsky, 1999) and author of Theology of Discontent: The Ideological Foundation of the Islamic Revolution in Iran (1993).
		Two decades after the Islamic Revolution and with then heightened awareness of the malign consequences of according priority to what are supposedly local cultural standards, Iranians seem ready to move into the vanguard of those articulating why protections for human rights need to be universal.
	www.socres.org /vol67/issue672.htm (2115 words)

	History: The Iranian Revolution
		Iran is a country located in the Middle East.
		The people of Iran in the early 1980's, had just about enough of all these laws and regulations, and were outraged at their standard of living.
		All of the circumstances that resulted from the war may have contributed in some measure to the outbreak and continuation of the conflict between Iran and Iraq (Iran-Iraq War 77-78).
	www.cyberessays.com /History/120.htm (3698 words)

	A Daily Briefing on Iran: Iran's ‘Second Islamic Revolution’: Fulfilled by Election of Conservative President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The "Second Revolution" came about, in part, due to the voting pattern of the supporters of reform over the past two years – that is, boycotting elections to protest against the reform movements' failure to make good on their promises in the sphere of individual and political freedom.
		Along with reformists' political protests in the form of boycotting elections, it appears that the reform-supporting electorate is disappointed, alienated, and indifferent – particularly in light of the repressive measures employed by the conservatives.
		Rafsanjani, who was an ally of the father of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, is also a billionaire and a highly influential senior politician, and is apparently identified with the current corrupt regime by the poorer classes in Iran.
	regimechangeiran.blogspot.com /2005/06/irans-second-islamic-revolution.html (1804 words)

	Term Paper on Iran Revolution
		The Islamic revolution in Iran was no simple event in history.
		But the outcome of the revolution was an economic downfall.
		This is why the Khomeini Revolution did not lead the Persians towards a better society.
	www.swiftpapers.com /essay/Iran_Revolution-109366.html (184 words)

	History of Iran: Constitutional Revolution
		Nevertheless, Iran’s neutrality was blatantly transgressed by foreign expeditionary forces.
		Ratification of the non-aggression pact among Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Iraq (The Saad Abbad Pact).
		While Iran had declared its neutrality, Soviet Union and Britain blatantly disregarded it and sent in their troops into Iran under the pretext of supposed Reich influence in Iran.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/constitutional_revolution/constitutional_revolution.php (2509 words)

	Cultural and travel resources for Iran - Iran Student information and education guide. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Police estimated that 200 were in the crowd that stood outside the university's Kennedy School of Government and blamed Khatami for failing to stop government crackdowns on student activists in Tehran during his two terms in office.
		She said the Jewish Students' Union was approached by the Iran Student Association to participate in the upcoming week.
		Pirouznia is the co-ordinator of the Student Movement Co-ordination Committee for Democracy in Iran, an organization of Iranian students and activists working for a democratic and secular Iran.
	www.acaco.net /irantravelandculturalresources/iranstudent (1162 words)

	Islamic Revolution of Iran?? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		It has been observed that in various countries representatives of this sect from Iran have firmly planted their roots and begun their propagation of falsehood.
		The second and more dangerous ploy of the Shias is to exploit these very instincts of revolution and rapid change rampant especially in the hearts of our youth.
		The 1979 revolution of Iran by Khomeini is portrayed as an Islamic revolution and cited as a glowing example of the type of Islamic courage and defiance of the West which the Muslims so much desire.
	www.jamiat.org.za /is_iran.html (956 words)

	Iraq HQ : Iran And Iraq
		CNN - After brief respite, Iran and Iraq renew old animosities...
		Iran News Links, the comprehensive directory of Iran news resourses, newspapers,Radios, TVs, magazines and other links related to Iranian websites.
		News on Iran continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
	www.iraqhq.com /iranandiraq/index.php (780 words)

	Iran and Its Revolution
		As Iran conducts a pivotal vote, TIME.com presents a guide to the country, the players involved, and a history of the country since the Shah
		The return of Ayatollah Khomeini and the Iranian Revolution.
		Iran's student heroes have had a rough and surprising passage
	www.time.com /time/daily/special/iran (91 words)

	Harvard University Press: The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran by Charles Kurzman
		The shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, would remain on the throne for the foreseeable future: This was the firm conclusion of a top-secret CIA analysis issued in October 1978.
		One hundred days later the shah--despite his massive military, fearsome security police, and superpower support was overthrown by a popular and largely peaceful revolution.
		Revisiting the circumstances surrounding the fall of the shah, Kurzman offers rare insight into the nature and evolution of the Iranian revolution and into the ultimate unpredictability of protest movements in general.
	www.hup.harvard.edu /catalog/KURUNT.html (284 words)

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