The Iranian Revolution and the Russian Revolution

In 1953 a “stone” was cast by the American and British governments by organizing the Iranian coup otherwise know Operation ‘AJAX’ or ‘Boot’ in America and Britain. The operation was responsible for the successful overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. The historical event has affected the relationship between the U.S., Britain, and Iran which has led to the Anti-American and Anti-western sentiment that plagues the Middle East today. By analyzing Operation AJAX we can see the effects ripple across time and study how they have impacted our society today. As stated previously, the mission of Operation Ajax was to overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh.

The 1979 Iranian revolution is a revolution that changed the country of Iran for the better. The Iranian revolution resulted in many events which include the overthrow of Reza Shah Pahlavi, and the upbringing of Ayatollah Khomeini. Ayatollah Khomeini who replaced Reza Shah with the role to improve a better perspective about Islam and to protect the realm of the Shiaa community. The Iranian revolution began with the overthrow of then leader Reza Shah, who was a non- Muslim, western powering monarch. The people of Iran protested against Shah in order to replace him as their leader.

This move angered the two countries and in 1953 they organized a coup de tat that deposed Mossadegh and established the Shah who had been forced to flee after the first coup attempt against Mossadegh failed. After the success of this second coup, Pahlavi Shah was allowed to return to power but as a de facto autocrat who was sympathetic to both the U... ... middle of paper ... ...bh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2010/10/iran-primer-the-basij-resistance-force.html#ixzz1Go4AW26i>. Rehan J. Ali. The Iranian Revolution of 1979: Theoretical Approaches and Economic Causes. Michigan: ProQuest, 2008.

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Moreover the very persona of Barak Obama made it difficult for the people of Iran to summarily dismiss his outreach efforts or vilify him as they had President Bush. From his ethnicity to his middle name, he defied the stereotypical American Imperialist leader (Parsi, 2012). Curious but hesitant to trust, people across across the Middle East cautiously waited for Obama to back up his promising rhetoric with real action (Gerges, 2013). The previous... ... middle of paper ... ...ashingtonpost.com/2013-06-15/world/39983644_1_iranians-vote-final-results Rezainan, Jason. (2013, December 5).

Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Cronin, S., 2003. the making of modern Iran. faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/mborouje/pdfs/triumphas and travails.pdf, pp. 146-147.

The New Economic Policy was in many ways a reactionary policy put forth because of widespread public disdain for War Communism (Richman 1981,92-93). War Communism was the set of policies enacted by the Bolsheviks from the time they took power in 1917 until the establishment of the NEP in 1921. Under War Communism private industry was essentially eliminated, farms were collectivized, industry and business were taken over by the government. The peasantry had not been very accepting of having the land they were so recently granted ownership of being taken away once again by the government. Because of this there was little motivation on farms to grow more than what was necessary for the family because they were seeing no benefit from a surplus of crops.

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Shah's rule is characterized as dictatorial, a period of major domestic and constitutional reform, as well as a period in which Iran established itself as a major regional power. Mohammad Reza attempted to rid the region of foreign influence, mainly that of the Soviets and communism, in an effort to grow the countries individual power. As a means to reach this goal, Mohammad Reza instituted reforms to modernize the country. However, as stated on the official website of Farah Pahlavi, his rule did not follow the emerging ideas of democracy and brought opposition from many of the traditionalist, and nationalists with different priorities. Overall, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's domestic reforms were largely ineffective in reaching his goals, whereas his foreign goals were largely met.