OPIC and MIGA provide insurance for overseas investments to protect them against nationalization, insurrections or revolutions. ... Russia is not politically stable due to recent war. In 1994 to 1996 Chechnya rebels fought the Russian army for independence; and, in 2000 the Russian army re-seized most of the province. ... Russia is a country under dictatorship, the rebels and the Russian army can be at war again without notice. ... The Russian government does not like the idea of the oil running just outside of their boarders. ...

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Iran and the USA in the 1970s The Iranian revolution began in January 1978 and ended with the Shah's replacement by an Islamic fundamentalist government in February 1979. ... THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION Iran, at the head of the Persian Gulf and stretching along its northern and eastern shores, has long served the western powers as a barrier against Russian ambitions toward the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Peninsula. In the nineteeenth century Persia, as Iran was formerly known, served as a pawn in the 'great game' between the British and Russian empires. ... Regional, local, and...

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They are the Safavids, the Qajar, the Pahlavi, and the Islamic Revolution that led to the Islamic Republic which is the form of governmental system that is in effect in Iran now. ... Early in the nineteenth century, Iran faced pressure from Britain and Russia and ended up signing treaties that gave up many of their colonies to Britain and Russia. ... The constitution that was put into place in 1979 after the Islamic Revolution called for five different parts of the government. ... With elections for many seats for Parliament and for the presidency coming up in 2004, these local council electi...

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However, the possession of nuclear arms by Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Israel, and Pakistan are not treated as threats to America's vital interests. ... This is precisely what has happened with Iran and the United States since the Iranian Revolution in 1979. ... Before the late 1940's, when the United States helped to push out the Russian occupation of northern Iran, Iran had very little interaction with United States. ... Anti-Western sentiments didn't begin until a revolution was sparked from powerful religious leaders who were discontented with the secul...

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Shah was in power during the Cold War through the process management support Iran's nuclear activities, the U.S. and the EU, this time personally opposed to Iran's nuclear program, the 1979 Revolution in Russia and China to support the work of Tehran's nuclear Unlike previous attitudes. ... These agreements within the framework of the construction of nuclear power plants, nuclear physicists' education on issues such as Iran's supply of nuclear equipment and technology, and some of them were identified and supported.ii However, the Khomeini Revolution in 1979, ending t...

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In the face of the aggressive West-oriented autocracy of the Shah's ministry, the people of Iran turned to conservative Religion, establishing a Theocratic Republic of Islam via Referendum through the 1979 Revolution. ... Though these restrictions proved difficult to enforce due to fringe dealings with Russia and China and other trade through secret and non-sanctionable channels, the lack of Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction would indicate their success. ...

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She is of both Russian and Iranian descent and follows the Russian Orthodox Christian faith. ... Marina believes that her religion of Russian Orthodox Christianity is just as valid a form of worship as the Muslim religion. ... All citizens are expected to act in accordance to the Muslim faith as it pertains to worship (strict prayer times throughout the day), fashion (women must wear the hejab and chador in public), education (no Western literature, curriculum taught in accordance with the revisions brought about by the Cultural Revolution, required Religion courses based on the Koran) and soc...

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