The December decree, however, implied no increased tolerance for the political opposition. The Tudeh Party had secured itself a measure of freedom during the first three years of the Revolution by declaring loyalty to Ayatollah Khomeini and supporting the clerics against liberal and left-wing opposit...
By summer of 1982, Iraq's initial territorial gains had been recaptured by Iranian troops that were stiffened with Revolutionary Guards. The Iraqi forces were driven out of Iran. The war extended to shooting of boats in the Persian Gulf, in an attempt to hurt the other country's oil exports...
This work offers an objective and engagingly written portrait of the Iranian people and their complex history from the perspective of one of the world's foremost experts on the country. It is ideal for student use and for the interested reader. Following a timeline of key events in the ...
Revolutions in HistoryI saw the Iranian Revolution of 1979 up close and personally- a revolution against a modernizing...FarhatHolzman, LainaInternational Society for the Comparative Study of CivilizationsComparative Civilizations Review
1979 post Iranian revolution The Iranian authorities temporarily bans consumption of sturgeon and caviar in Iran until it was determined that it is permissible in Shiite Islam. Source:[https://online.ucpress.edu/gastronomica/article-abstract/7/2/17/47334/How-Caviar-Turned-Out-to-Be-Halal] ...
1979 - IRANIAN REVOLUTION - Saudi rulers watch aghast as Iran's Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, a fellow dynast, is toppled by Shi’ite Muslim clerics, seen in Riyadh as determined to export their Islamic Revolution. 1980-1988 - IRAN-IRAQ WAR ...
History of Persia The first state that emerged on the territory of what is now Iran wasElam(about 4,000 BC). Iranian tribes (Medes,Persians, and Parthians) began migrating to the Iranian plateau around 2,000 BC. They initially lived under Assyrian domination. In 612 BC, the people of Me...
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Art and literature thrived during the Persian Empire and although they have been curtailed by rulers and religious restrictions since, Iranian contemporary art is a proud tradition. There are many talented artists whose works can be seen at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. The Tehran Internat...
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