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Secularism in Iran was established as state policy shortly after Rezā Shāh was crowned Shah in 1925. [1] He made any public display or expression of religious faith, including the wearing of the headscarf and chador by women and wearing of facial hair by men (with the exception of the mustache) illegal.
Secular: Seyed Hossein Mousavian: Iran Party (member of the National Front) Nationalism. Social Democracy. Secular The party is managed by its central committee [2] [3] Party of the Iranian People (member of the National Front) Left-wing nationalism: Islamic Mohammadsadeh Maserrat: Pan-Iranist Party: Pan-Iranism: Secular: Zahra Gholamipour ...
The Supreme Leader appoints General staff of Armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran which is the highest military body in Iran, with an aim to implement policy, monitor and coordinate activities within Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. [35] Major general Mohammad Hossein Bagheri is the current chief of this staff. [36] [37]
Government budget deficit has been a chronic problem in Iran. In 2004, about 45 percent of the government's budget came from exports of oil and natural gas revenues and 31 percent came from taxes and fees. [87] Iran's fiscal year (FY) goes from 21 to 20 March of the following year. Iran has two types of budget: Public or "General" Government Budget
Shi'a clergy (or Ulema) have historically had a significant influence in Iran.The clergy first showed themselves to be a powerful political force in opposition to Iran's monarch with the 1891 tobacco protest boycott that effectively destroyed an unpopular concession granted by the shah giving a British company a monopoly over buying and selling tobacco in Iran.
In 2020, Monaco government reestablished catholic christianity as state religion. Myanmar (formerly Burma) (1885–1961; 1962–2008) Myanmar was a secular state during the colonial period and post-independence period until 1961 and again under the socialist regime, and the military regime until 2008. Samoa (1962–2017)
At the same time Saddam Hussein, Iraq's secular Arab nationalist Ba'athist leader, was eager to take advantage of Iran's weakened military and (what he assumed was) revolutionary chaos, and in particular to occupy Iran's adjacent oil-rich province of Khuzestan, and to undermine Iranian Islamic revolutionary attempts to incite the Shi'a majority ...
Iran in the 19th century The state flag of the Imperial State of Iran most prominently used by Iranian expatriates. The modern Iranian national movement began in the late 19th century. This movement was in large part a reaction to 19th-century European colonialism in the region, which led to the loss of Qajar possessions in the Caucasus. [7]