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A CIA analysis in August concluded that Iran "is not in a revolutionary or even a pre-revolutionary situation." [125] These and later events in Iran are frequently cited as one of the most consequential strategic surprises that the United States has experienced since the CIA was established in 1947. [126]
Renewed the mandate of the Iran Sanctions Committee’s Panel of Experts for one year. United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 - Passed 20 July 2015. Endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and lifted all previous sanctions on Iran provided that Iran remains in compliance with its responsibilities in the nuclear deal ...
Khomeini declared that the Shah had "embarked on the destruction of Islam in Iran" [12] and publicly denounced the Shah as a "wretched miserable man." Following Khomeini's arrest on June 5, 1963, three days of major riots erupted throughout Iran, with Khomeini supporters claiming 15,000 were killed by police fire. [13]
According to "Article 3" of the "Regulations on the Awarding of Government Orders" of Iran, the "Order of Independence" is awarded by President of Iran to recognize "taking important offices and playing a key role in achieving high goals of the Islamic Republic of Iran with all–lateral effort in enlightening positions, distinguished ...
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi hands out documents of ownership of land to new owners during the White Revolution's land reform, 1963. The White Revolution (Persian: انقلاب سفید, romanized: Enqelâb-e Sefid) or the Shah and People Revolution (Persian: انقلاب شاه و مردم, romanized: Enqelâb-e Šâh o Mardom) [1] was a far-reaching series of reforms resulting in aggressive ...
"The Strengths and Weaknesses of Iran's Populist Alliance: A Class Analysis of the Constitutional Revolution of 1905–1911", Theory and Society, Vol. 20, No. 6 (Dec 1991), pp. 795–823. JSTOR; Ahmad Kasravi, Tārikh-e Mashruteh-ye Iran (تاریخ مشروطهٔ ایران) (History of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution), in Persian, 951 p.
[30] 17-point resolution is presented during the demonstration "declaring the Ayatollah to be the leader of the Iranian people," and calling on Iranians to struggle until the Shah is overthrown. [31] December 29: Long-time opposition politician Shapour Bakhtiar was chosen as the prime minister by Shah as the Shah prepares to leave the country.
Following the Iranian revolution, which overthrew the Shah of Iran in February 1979, Iran was in a "revolutionary crisis mode" until 1982 [3] or 1983 [4] when forces loyal to the revolution's leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, consolidated power. During this period, Iran's economy and the apparatus of government collapsed; its military and ...