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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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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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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After eight years of hardline, ultraconservative and anti-Western leadership by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, drastic presidential change has occurred in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Hassan Rouhani's somewhat unexpected but highly optimistic election has turned heads in the west. The big question now is how will he change Iran's current perception as the political bogeyman of the West? In addition, how have relations with Iran and the U.S. morphed over time and how will the installment of a new and more pragmatic president be any different than the one that preceded him. There is no way to...

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