United States Army’s operational variables, this paper will define the culture of Iran by analyzing the environmental, political, religious, and military operational variables, as well as their military conflicts with the United States. The U.S. Army uses the operational variables
advantage and spread cultural awareness throughout the world. The social variable of PMESII-PT identifies a group of people that share a common set of cultural ties (Headquarters, Department of the Army, 2010). These ties include political authority, religion, language and ethnicities. The Islamic Republic of Iran; also known as Persia, is unique due to its diversity but is still considered the same cultural amenity. There are an estimated 70 million people with a variety of ethnicities. Farsi
dysphonic. The dynasty mismanaged Iranian money and was manipulated by Western nations. Enmity grew towards the monarchy and ultimately the Iranian people wanted a revolution. Marji’s family had strong animosity toward the Shah. Many of Marji’s family members as well as others fought against the Shah. But the Islamic Revolution took a turn that many were not prepared for. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (The Shah), the son of Reza Shah took the throne after his father on September 16, 1941. The Shah
Constitutional Revolution and the establishment of Iran's first parliament or Majles. The constitutional aspirations for a limited monarchy were never to be fully realized. Although Iran never became an actual colony of imperial powers, in 1907 it was divided into two spheres of influence. The north was controlled by Russia and the south and the east by Britain. By the end of WW I, Iran was plunged into a state of political, social and economic chaos. 1921 -- Reza Khan, an officer in the army, staged
and even for currency. Using paper makes life so much easier, and paper even breaks down easily in the environment. People do not often think about how paper got to be so popular and useful, and it is important that they know that the spread of Islamic civilization brought paper to the West. It was actually Muslims who learned how to manufacture paper in large quantities, a technology very important to the spread of ideas in the time of the Golden Age of Islam because paper was important for
present government is run as an Islamic Republic. A president, cabinet, judicial branch, and Majilesor or legislative branch, makes up the governmental positions. A revolution that overthrew the monarch, which was set in 1930, lasted over 15 years. Crane Brinton's book, An Anatomy of a Revolution, explains set of four steps a country experiences when a revolution occurs. Symptoms, rising fever, crisis, and convalescence are the steps that occur. The Iranian Revolution followed the four steps in
At the same time there was prisoners in Lebanon that were Americans held hostage, by a group with Iranian connections to the army of guardians of the Islamic Revolution. most of the plans was to ship Israeli weapons to Iran and then the United States will resupply Israel payment then give it to the Contras fighting their own war in Nicaragua against the corrupted government and the rulers of their
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Joy contradicts the ideals of serenity and joy preached in the Bible. The male citizens of Gilead are named for their jobs, “Commanders of the Faithful,” “Guardians of the Faith” (policemen), “Angels” (soldiers), and “Eyes of the Lord” (secret police). The soldiers called “Angels of the Apocalypse” or “Angels of Light” actually fight for the army, despite the expected holiness with the name “Angel,” implying these euphemistic angels fight a religious war. The “Eyes” are from a Bible verse that Gilead