Thousands of komiteh or Revolutionary Committees[205] served as "the eyes and ears" of the new rule and are credited by critics with "many arbitrary arrests, executions and confiscations of property". The shahs determination to showcase an increasingly liberal and modern front to the world was not matched by freedom of speech. Purging of non-Islamic influences among academia after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, This article is about the Iranian Cultural Revolution, 19801983. Good article, but the information on the Shahs is more than a little biased. With superior French telephone and postal connections (compared to Iraqi ones), Khomeini's supporters flooded Iran with tapes and recordings of his sermons. In 2006, there were rumors of universities internally "bracing" for "tighter state control over student bodies and faculties and perhaps even the second Cultural Revolution.'" [14], By summer, the protests had stagnated, remaining at a steady rate for four months, with about 10,000 participants in each major citywith the exception of Isfahan, where protests were larger, and Tehran, where they were smallerprotesting every 40 days. The government arrested thousands, and there were hundreds of executions against the MEK and its followers. However, the future Ayatollah Khomeini was a student of Sheikh Abdul Karim Ha'eri.[55]. Bakhtiar escaped the palace under a hail of bullets, fleeing Iran in disguise. The Literacy Corps was established to reduce illiteracy in rural areas, though reading and writing rates continued to be low in the villages. From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah. This period, from 1 to 11 February, is celebrated every year in Iran as the "Decade of Fajr. These revolts began in April 1979 and lasted between several months to over a year, depending on the region. [16][17] Following the March 1979 Islamic Republic referendum, in which 98% of Iranian voters approved the country's shift to an Islamic republic, the new government began efforts to draft the present-day Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran;[18][8][9][19][20] Khomeini emerged as the Supreme Leader of Iran in December 1979. Consequently, to the Iranian public, Bakhtiar was seen as the Shah's last prime minister, undermining his support. In addition, the lives of all those who were a part of the shahs regime and of their families were also transformed. "[283], Internally, Iran has had some success in recent years in the broadening of education and health care for the poor, and particularly governmental promotion of Islam, and the elimination of secularism and American influence in government. [57], In 1941, an invasion of allied British and Soviet troops deposed Reza Shah, who was considered friendly to Nazi Germany, and installed his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as Shah. [13] Students were screened by committees and those found unfit were not allowed to continue their studies. Weeks later, government workers began to strike. The case of Iran is no exception. On 16 January 1979, Pahlavi left the country and went into exile as the last Iranian monarch,[13] leaving behind his duties to Iran's Regency Council and Shapour Bakhtiar, the opposition-based Iranian prime minister. [6][14][116][133] The Shah ordered the arrest of 100 officials from his own government for charges of corruption, including former prime minister Amir Abbas-Hoveyda and former SAVAK head Nematollah Nassiri. [222], After the revolution, human rights groups estimated the number of casualties suffered by protesters and prisoners of the new system to be several thousand. What we are afraid of is Western universities and the training of our youth in the interests of West or East. "[173], It has been argued that Khomeini and his fellow leaders danced around the issue of women's rights and rather focused their rhetoric on mobilizing women through encouraging them to participate in protests and fueling their anti-Shah sentiments. In September 1980, Iraq took advantage of the febrile situation and invaded Iran. [100][101] Led by the leftist intellectual Saeed Soltanpour, the Iranian Writers Association met at the Goethe Institute in Tehran to read anti-government poetry. Shah visiting Bakhtiar cabinet before his exit from Iran. [15] By 11 February 1979, the monarchy was officially brought down and Khomeini assumed leadership over Iran while guerrillas and rebel troops overwhelmed Pahlavi loyalists in armed combat. [174] Members of the Women's Organization of Iran marched in support for the revolution and it was important that women very much linked to the government also turned against the Shah's regime. [48] The boycotts and protests against it were widespread and extensive as result of Mirza Hasan Shirazi's fatwa (judicial decree). [109] Instead, the clergy directed the crowd on a large march through the center of Tehran, whilst the Shah reportedly watched the march from his helicopter, unnerved, and confused. On 4 November 1979 youthful Islamists, calling themselves Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, invaded the US embassy compound in Tehran and seized its staff. Leftist and Islamist groups attacked his government (often from outside Iran as they were suppressed within) for violating the Iranian constitution, political corruption, and the political oppression, torture, and killings, by the SAVAK secret police. [265], After the U.S. sanctions were tightened and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China became the main principal allies for Iran. That is the Western style," giving pro-democracy liberals (and later leftists) a taste of disappointments to come. . [172], Women who were activists, religious women and women dissatisfied with the regime were able to unite under the anti-Shah umbrella. At the same time, support for the Shah may have waned among Western politicians and mediaespecially under the administration of U.S. President Jimmy Carteras a result of the Shah's support for OPEC petroleum price increases earlier in the decade. He stood as the voice for the Shiite community and spoke up about how the shahs policies contradicted what the Shiite community believed in. Along with political criticism, he also received religious criticism from people who thought westernization contradicted Islam.2This is what would later lead to the shahs overthrow by Ruhollah Khomeini and his followers. "[153][154] All military personnel were ordered back to their bases, effectively yielding control of the entire country to Khomeini. They led to a chasm between the monarchy and powerful Muslim clerics -- among them the popular Ayatollah Khomeini -- and would eventually lead to the Islamic Revolution of 1979. They were forced out of their homes and had to move to new countries and restart their lives. To demonstrate his support, Khomeini called for demonstrators to occupy the streets throughout the country. "[6], In November, secular National Front leader Karim Sanjabi flew to Paris to meet Khomeini. In this interim period of "disaffected calm,"[68] the budding Iranian revival began to undermine the idea of Westernization as progress that was the basis of the Shah's secular reign, and to form the ideology of the 1979 revolution: Jalal Al-e-Ahmad's idea of Gharbzadegithat Western culture was a plague or an intoxication to be eliminated;[69] Ali Shariati's vision of Islam as the one true liberator of the Third World from oppressive colonialism, neo-colonialism, and capitalism;[70] and Morteza Motahhari's popularized retellings of the Shia faith all spread and gained listeners, readers and supporters. The Majlis (Parliament) also began issuing resolutions against the government. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. [290][291], Literacy has continued to increase under the Islamic Republic. Outwardly, with a swiftly expanding economy and a rapidly modernizing infrastructure, everything was going well in Iran. Regardless of how old we are, we never stop learning. . [266] Relations between the two countries became improved after Vladimir Putin took office in 2000 and increasingly warmer in recent years following an international backlash over the annexation of Crimea in 2014 which led to sanctions by the Western powers. . The final collapse of the provisional non-Islamist government came at 2pm on 11 February when the Supreme Military Council declared itself "neutral in the current political disputes in order to prevent further disorder and bloodshed. AdBlock Detected! Pre-Revolution Iranian Psychedelic Rock is a blog dedicated to the history and music of pre-revolution Iran. Named for the Islamic month they began in, the Muharram protests were impressively huge and pivotal. Culture in Iran (Pre-Revolution 33 Learn about Prezi MD Marvin DeVera Thu Apr 21 2016 Outline 21 frames Reader view In the 1950's and 60's, art in Iran was quite modern and contemporary Iran art includes architecture, painting, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and sculpture. During the Pahlavi era, there was a drastic change towards women's segregation: ban of the veil, right to vote, right to education, equal salaries for . Since the revolution, university enrollment and the number of women in the civil service and higher education has risen. [181] Despite this mobilization and high participation rate of women, they were still kept out of leadership positions which were exclusive to men; women are thought to be part of the rank and file rather than the elite strata of the revolution. Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution , 1989. [240] The party was suppressed,[239] and in 1982 Shariatmadari was "demoted" from the rank of Grand Ayatollah and many of his clerical followers were purged. [255] The revolution itself was supported by the Palestine Liberation Organization. Hence, no widespread anti-government attempts were organized by clergy during the rule of Reza Shah. The war would continue for another six years during which time countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other Gulf states provided financial assistance to Iraq in an effort to prevent an Iranian victory, even though their relations with Iraq were often hostile - Kuwait itself was invaded by Iraq two years after the peace agreement between Iraq and Iran was signed. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. [6][109][114] While martial law officially remained in effect, the government decided not to break up any more demonstrations or strikes (in effect, "martial law without there exactly being martial law," according to Sharif-Emami), instead continuing to negotiate with protest leaders. [231][232] These dissidents were sentenced to death by the Islamic Revolutionary Courts during show trials in more than eighty-five cities across the country on charges of spreading "corruption on Earth" (ifsad-fi-alarz), "espionage", "terrorism", or "enmity against Allah" (Moharebeh). Angered, Bakhtiar made a speech of his own. In negotiations with Ayatollah Shariatmadari, the Shah ordered the release of 120 political prisoners and Karim Sanjabi, and on 8 December revoked the ban on street demonstrations. The government also began to prosecute corrupt government and royal family members. According to Kurzman, scholars writing on the revolution who have mentioned this include: Researcher Emad al-Din Baghi at the Martyrs Foundation (Bonyad Shahid) counted 2,781 protesters killed in 197879, a total of 3,164 killed between 1963 and 1979. [101], On the morning of 16 January 1979, Bakhtiar was officially appointed prime minister. [260][261] While enormously costly and destructive, the war "rejuvenate[d] the drive for national unity and Islamic revolution" and "inhibited fractious debate and dispute" in Iran. At the centre of Iraq's objectives was the annexation of the East Bank of the Shaat Al-Arab waterway that makes up part of the border between the two nations and which had been the site of numerous border skirmishes between the two countries going back to the late 1960s. Years later, Mohammad Reza Shah dismissed the parliament and launched the White Revolutionan aggressive modernization program that upended the wealth and influence of landowners and clerics, disrupted rural economies, led to rapid urbanization and Westernization, and prompted concerns over democracy and human rights. This page was last edited on 18 January 2023, at 07:16. Sign up to receive ShareAmerica updates. [308] Many of these achievements and rights that Iranian women had gained in the decades leading up to the revolution were reversed by the Islamic Revolution. [109], The Carter administration increasingly became locked in a debate about continued support for the monarchy. Thousands of tapes and print copies of Khomeinis speeches were smuggled back into Iran during the 1970s as an increasing number of unemployed and working-poor Iraniansmostly new migrants from the countryside, who were disenchanted by the cultural vacuum of modern urban Iranturned to the ulama for guidance. [100] Ali Shariati's death in the United Kingdom shortly after led to another public demonstration, with the opposition accusing the Shah of murdering him. [6], The Shah decided to continue on his plan of liberalization and to negotiate rather than to use force against the still-nascent protest movement:[109][110][111][116] he promised that fully democratic elections for the Majlis would be held in 1979; censorship was relaxed; a resolution was drafted to help reduce corruption within the royal family and the government;[111] and protesters were tried in civilian courts rather than by military court-martials and were quickly released. Whereas on 15 March 1978, 71.46 rials equaled one U.S. dollar, in January 2018, 44,650 rials amounted to one dollar. [116] Soldiers were instructed not to use deadly force, yet there were instances of inexperienced soldiers reacting excessively, inflaming the violence without cowing the opposition, and receiving official condemnation from the Shah. [306] Reports of torture, imprisonment of dissidents, and the murder of prominent critics have been made by human rights groups. While the crisis was quickly defused by the Pakistan military, the next day, before some 120 Pakistani army officers stationed in Iran on the road to hajj, Khomeini said "it is a cause of joy that all Pakistan has risen against the United States" and the struggle is not that of the US and Iran but "the entire world of disbelief and the world of Islam". In 1953, amid a power struggle between Mohammed Reza Shah and Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the U.K. Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) orchestrated a coup against Mosaddeghs government. The Shah advertised the White Revolution as a step towards westernization,[60] and it was a way for him to legitimize the Pahlavi dynasty. The Regency Council established to run the country during the shahs absence proved unable to function, and Prime Minister Shahpur Bakhtiar, hastily appointed by the shah before his departure, was incapable of effecting compromise with either his former National Front colleagues or Khomeini. opposition included some clerics, including Ayatollah, example: "Secular Iranian writers of the early 1980s, most of whom supported the revolution, lamented the course it eventually took.". And suddenly nothing. Despite this the guerrillas did help play an important part in the final February 1979 overthrow[80] delivering "the regime its coup de grace. Removal of Shah's statue by the people in University of Tehran. [209] Leftists found the draft too conservative and in need of major changes but Khomeini declared it 'correct'. [308] More organization of women's groups occurred in the 1960s and 70s, and they used the government's modernization to define and advocate for women's issues. Iran had immense oil wealth, a long border with the Soviet Union, and a nationalist prime minister. [238], In December the moderate Islamic party Muslim People's Republican Party (MPRP) and its spiritual leader Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari had become a rallying point for Iranians who wanted democracy not theocracy. [109], While the military authorities banned street demonstrations and extended the curfew, the Shah faced deep misgivings about the potential violence. Persians remained Persians. We have heard countless stories about revolts and colonies breaking away from their colonizers. From early 1979 to either 1982 or 1983 Iran was in a "revolutionary crisis mode. Land reforms redistributed properties to small farmers. [109][144] Bakhtiar dissolved SAVAK and freed all remaining political prisoners. It has resulted in either dismissal or compulsory retirement for veteran university faculty members and their replacement with younger professors more loyal to the Islamic Republic. Iran Culture (Pre-Islamic Revolution) =) Describe some major iranian movies, including there plot and directors In 1930 the first iranian slient film was made by proffessor ( Ovanes Ohanian) called Hawii Agha. IRANIAN HISTORY (2) Islamic period (page 6)", "Islamic Revivalism and the Quest for Political Power", 1979: Exiled Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran, International Journal of Middle East Studies, The Oil Kings: How the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East, "Historiography, class, and Iranian workers", "The Last Great Revolution Turmoil and Transformation in Iran", "Dah ab Zehn Literaturabende in Teheran 1977: Der Kampf um das Monopol literarischer Legitimitt. The Shah increasingly felt that he was losing control of the situation and hoped to regain it through complete appeasement. A decade of extraordinary economic growth, heavy government spending, and a boom in oil prices led to high rates of inflation and the stagnation of Iranians buying power and standard of living. Director Allen Dulles, told their British counterparts that they were ready to move against Mosaddegh. The city's martial law commander General Mehdi Rahimi decided not to use his 30,000 loyal Immortal Guards to crush the rebellion for fear of producing civilian casualties.[133]. ", "Why the Iranian Revolution Was Non-Violent", "The Qum Protests and the Coming of the Iranian Revolution, 1975 and 1978", "Iran's Islamic Revolution: Lessons for the Arab Spring of 2011? Other traditional dishes were ketch (rice cooked until the water was fully absorbed) and Damy (similar to ketch but with added ingredients such as grains and beans. After some early successes, the Iraqi invasion stalled and was then repelled and by 1982, Iran had recaptured almost all of its territories. "[199], The Revolutionary Guard, or Pasdaran-e Enqelab, was established by Khomeini on 5 May 1979, as a counterweight both to the armed groups of the left, and to the Shah's military. [230] More recently, Rastyad Collective has verified the identities of more than 3,400 political dissidents who were executed between June 1981 and March 1982. Will women finally be liberated again? [130] After forcing the resignation of the presiding judges in an attempt to hamper the investigation, the new government finally executed Hossein Talakhzadeh for "setting the fire on the Shah's orders," despite his insistence that he did it on his own accord as an ultimate sacrifice for the revolutionary cause. There was even gender segregation on public transportation on which there were fewer seats even available for women. Under the shah, Iran had more political, social and cultural life than any of its neighbors. For marriage, the minimum age for women was raised from 15 to 18. In addition to this the shah also legalized abortion and created family planning and day care centers for women who wanted to work.3This act specifically was what angered religious citizens because it went against what they believed in. This is not an ordinary government. [9][14][20][101][109][112][124] Additional clashes throughout the day, which would be called Black Friday by the opposition, brought the opposition death toll to 89.[6][115]. [177], Some argue that this politicization and mobilization of women made it difficult for the new regime to push them out of the public and political spheres. By mid-December, 1978, hundreds of thousands of people, led by religious leaders, came out in anti-government demonstrations. The Shah himself was horrified by the events of Black Friday, and harshly criticized the events, though this did little to sway public perception of him as being responsible for the shooting. Although the lives of men were also affected, the lives of women changed most drastically due to many laws taking their rights away. On the day of his arrival Khomeini made clear his rejection of Bakhtiar's government in a speech promising, "I shall kick their teeth in. Corrections? 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People are tired of the way things are in the country and want less religion and more modernization. [308] However, the push-back of the Shii clerics made progress difficult, and the government had to contain its promotion of basic women's rights to the norms of the patriarchal social hierarchy in order to accommodate the clerics. [107][108], According to the Shi'ite customs, memorial services (chehelom) are held 40 days after a person's death. This both angered his followers, who considered him a martyr at the hands of SAVAK, and removed a potential revolutionary rival to Khomeini. [1][clarification needed] The official name used by the Islamic Republic is "Cultural Revolution". [239] Riots broke out in Shariatmadari's Azeri home region with members of the MPRP and Shariatmadari's followers seizing the Tabriz television station and using it to "broadcast demands and grievances." [206], Also enforcing the will of the government were the Hezbollahi (the Party of God), "strong-arm thugs" who attacked demonstrators and offices of newspapers critical of Khomeini.[207]. [72] Such rule was ultimately "more necessary even than prayer and fasting" in Islam,[Note 2] as it would protect Islam from deviation from traditional sharia law and in so doing eliminate poverty, injustice, and the "plundering" of Muslim land by foreign non-believers. Reasons advanced for the revolution and its populist, nationalist, and later Shia Islamic character include: The Shah's regime was seen as an oppressive, brutal,[34][35] corrupt and lavish regime by some of the society's classes at that time. [172] Caroline M. Brooks argues that women were left to express their concerns through the protest rather than in the Majlis. Mosaddegh, however, learned of Churchill's plans and ordered the British embassy to be closed in October 1952, forcing all British diplomats and agents to leave the country. Khomeini left Iraq, instead moving to a house bought by Iranian exiles in Neauphle-le-Chteau, a village near Paris, France. [42] Other factors include the underestimation of Khomeini's Islamist movement by both the Shah's reignwho considered them a minor threat compared to the Marxists and Islamic socialists[43][44][45]and by the secularist opponents of the governmentwho thought the Khomeinists could be sidelined. "[186] However, nobody could deny the unanimous central role of the Imam, and the other factions were too small to have any real impact. "[174] He also said that, "women from all levels of society took part in the recent demonstrations, which we are calling the 'referendum of the streets' women fought side by side with men in the struggle for their independence and their liberty. Islamist insurgents rose in Saudi Arabia (1979), Egypt (1981), Syria (1982), and Lebanon (1983). On April 18, 1980, after Friday prayers, Khomeini gave a speech harshly attacking the universities. lack of corruption) for its 2014 index;[320] and the IRI was ranked 130th out of the 189 countries surveyed in the World Bank 2015 Doing Business Report. Two major political groups that formed after the fall of the Shah that clashed with and were eventually suppressed by pro-Khomeini groups, were the moderate religious Muslim People's Republican Party (MPRP) which was associated with Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, and the secular leftist National Democratic Front (NDF). The pro-Western Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was determined to drag the country into the 20th-century, and photographs of 1970s Tehran give the outward appearance that it was little different from Washington or New York. [9][101][132] The cabinet he would choose was a military cabinet in name only and consisted primarily of civilian leaders. [322] GDP per capita (PPP) has grown from $4,295 in 1980 to $11,396 in 2010. But the Shah's increasingly authoritarian measures and his eventual dismissal of multiparty rule set the stage for the infamous revolution. [114] Revolutionaries took over government buildings, TV and radio stations, and palaces of the Pahlavi dynasty, marking the end of the monarchy in Iran. Even then, the owner of the theater was arrested by the Shah's police for political difference and defiance. In 1951, Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh pledged to throw the company out of Iran, reclaim the petroleum reserves and free Iran from foreign powers. ", Away from public view, Khomeini developed the ideology of velayat-e faqih (guardianship of the jurist) as government, that Muslimsin fact everyonerequired "guardianship," in the form of rule or supervision by the leading Islamic jurist or jurists. [14][131] Khomeini rapidly became a household name in the West, portraying himself as an "Eastern mystic" who did not seek power, but instead sought to "free" his people from "oppression." They were granted the right to vote, education was opened up to them, and an increasing number joined the work force. The British, however, were outraged and accused him of stealing. A subsequent memorial service for Mostafa in Tehran put Khomeini back in the spotlight. Mohammad Reza Shah's reform program was built especially to weaken those classes that supported the traditional system. Iran Culture Pre-Revolution Movies in Iran At every movie theater there was a dress code the women were not allowed to wear chadors guys had to dress more western Iran forbade passion plays the movies directors made movies of the Persian literature and ancient Persian mythology Music Some popular movies in Iran [297] Overall, Iran's Human development Index rating has climbed significantly from 0.569 in 1980 to 0.732 in 2002, on a par with neighbouring Turkey. [191], Khomeini and his loyalists in the revolutionary organizations implemented Khomeini's velayat-e faqih design for an Islamic republic led by himself as Supreme Leader[192] by exploiting temporary allies[193] such as Mehdi Bazargan's Provisional Government of Iran, whom they later eliminated from Iran's political stage one by one. The culture of Iran (Persian: ) or culture of Persia is among the most influential in the world. [9][101][132] Street marches declined and oil production began increasing once again, nearly reaching pre-revolutionary levels. Pardis MAHDAVI - Iran's Youth Movement in Context (Annabelle is going to contact her to see if we can negotiate a revision as she is refusing at the moment) 3. [109][114], On 9 February, a rebellion of pro-Khomeini air force technicians broke out at the Doshan Tappeh Air Base. Fearing further mutinies, many soldiers were returned to their barracks. This reminds me of when Czar Romanov when him and his family were forced to flee for their lives. Jones, Milo L., and Philippe Silberzahn. Russia had sought Iran on expanding arms trade over the past three decades especially with the cooperation with the Assad government during the Syrian civil war. [111], The speech backfired when the revolutionaries sensed weakness from the Shah and "smelled blood". [96] Against this background a first crucial manifestation of public expression of social discontent and political protest against the regime took place in October 1977, when the German-Iranian Cultural Association in Tehran hosted a series of literature reading sessions, organized by the newly revived Iranian Writers Association and the German Goethe-Institute. The hostage crisis ended with the signing of the Algiers Accords in Algeria on 19 January 1981. [11][12] The headquarters deleted certain courses such as music as "fake knowledge," and committees "came to similar conclusions concerning all subjects in the humanities such as law, political sciences, economy, psychology, education and sociology". In May 1979, the Furqan Group (Guruh-i Furqan) assassinated an important lieutenant of Khomeini, Morteza Motahhari. Weeks later -- on Jan. 16 1979 -- the Shah fled the country. Thus, this created a "dangerous bargaining position for activist women" since rather than arguing their position through intellect they were only able to "argue by numbers in the streets and be repelled by force". [316][317][318] Amnesty International reports that approximately 5,000 gays have been executed in Iran since the revolution, including two gay men executed in 2014, both hanged for engaging in consensual homosexual relations. Hussein believed that victory would therefore come swiftly. [168] Beyond rhetoric, thousands of women were also heavily mobilized in the revolution itself,[169] and different groups of women actively participated alongside their male counterparts. [6], On 19 August, in the southwestern city of Abadan, four arsonists barred the door of the Cinema Rex movie theatre and set it on fire. However it's important to note that "women were not united in their opinions of the revolution and its outcome as much as they were not united in their reasons for joining the revolution". Although I dont agree with the Islamic country because they dont give their women rights, but I understand it because it is their religion. Although the British were initially turned down in their request for American support by President Truman, the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower as U.S. president in November 1952 changed the American stance toward the conflict. In an interview the crown prince had accused the Iranian government of being resistant to change, he stated, Iran needs an overall change. Artists and their work [2], When the institutions reopened, purges continued for five more years with special focus on "Islams enemies". The Islamic Republic imposes strict rules on Iranian life. Finally, in October Khomeini's son Mostafa died of an alleged heart attack, and his death was also blamed on SAVAK. Theresa Harrison has been a journalist for more than 20 years. [243] Hezbollahi people attacked meeting places, bookstores, and newsstands of Mujahideen and other leftists,[244] driving them underground. 1 the iranian revolution transformed iran's government and the lives of all its citizens by making religion a key factor in all new laws that they made, as a reaction to the westernizing [6][14][133] He referred to himself as Padeshah ('Master King'), instead of the more grandiose Shahanshah (king of kings), which he insisted on being called previously. He enacted a Family Protection Act that established family courts to handle divorce and child custody cases. "[150] When asked by a reporter how he felt returning to his home country after a long exile, Khomeini replied "Nothing". The occupation was also intended as leverage to demand the return of the Shah to stand trial in exchange for the hostages, and depose Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan, who they believed was plotting to normalize relations with the U.S. Everything that the shah had worked to change, westernization and liberation of women specifically, had been overturned by the new Islamic Republic. By summer 1978, the working class joined the street protests in massive numbers. [9][6][111] By the beginning of November, many important officials in the Shah's government were demanding from the Shah forceful measures to bring the strikers back to work. Nationalization of the oil industry, wresting it from British control, was a major boost to Irans economy, with greater job prospects for many, including women. Much is needed to improve Iran and transition them into a stable and democratic country. This conflict lasted only a few months however. [303] While persecution occurred before the Revolution since then more than 200 Bahs have been executed or presumed killed, and many more have been imprisoned, deprived of jobs, pensions, businesses, and educational opportunities. It is evident we are not. On September 8 the regime imposed martial law, and troops opened fire against demonstrators in Tehrn, killing dozens or hundreds. Therefore, in the decades following the establishment of the new parliament, a number of critical events took place. [93], All Iranians were required to join and pay dues to a new political party, the ezb-e Rastakhiz partyall other parties were banned. During his time as shah, Mohammad Reza carried out a national development program called the White Revolution with the help of the United States. [114] Increasingly, Khomeini called on the soldiers of the armed forces to defect to the opposition. [6][142], The Shah, hoping to see Bakhtiar established, kept delaying his departure. [97], Also in 1977, the popular and influential modernist Islamist theorist Ali Shariati died under mysterious circumstances. Although it is one thing in the USA that we believe in the freedom of religion we shouldnt judge this country either. Efforts toward satisfactory reform were continually stifled, however, amid reemerging social tensions as well as foreign intervention from Russia, the United Kingdom, and, later, the United States. Based on the Word Net lexical database for the English Language. Getty Images/Getty Images News/Getty Images, Iran Chamber Society: History of Iran White Revolution, Countries and Their Cultures: Iranian, Persian, The New York Times: 1979 Irans Islamic Revolution. [172] There were also other groups of women with various agendas that sometimes converged and sometimes diverged from the Islamic Republic's political positions. "[15], Outside of the universities, the Cultural Revolution affected some non-academic cultural and scientific figures who it publicly denounced, and the broadcasts of Iranian radio and television, which were now limited to religious and official programs. About 5% of the population had taken to the streets in the Muharram protests. [6], When news of the Shah's departure was announced, there were spontaneous scenes of joy throughout the country. The same day, a tearful Shah and his family left Iran for exile in Egypt, never to return. [109] Although tensions remained in the milieu, the Shah's policy appeared to have worked, leading Amuzegar to declare that "the crisis is over." Khomeini continued to preach in exile about the evils of the Pahlavi regime, accusing the shah of irreligion and subservience to foreign powers. [122][109] Martial law was declared in the city on 11 August as symbols of Western culture and government buildings were burned, and a bus full of American workers was bombed. In reply Khomeini compared them as well as other adulterers to gangrene, thieves, and murderers. The president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, also wanted to annex the Iranian province of Khuzestan, substantially populated by Iranian Arabs. Hundreds served on elected local councils and millions were in the workforce, including as judges, civil servants, ambassadors and police officers. Reza Shah and his son, Mohammed Reza Shah, the leaders of the Pahlavi regime, were trying to introduce modernity into Iran, as Ataturk did in Turkey. The Cultural Revolution (1980-1983; Persian: : Enqelbe Farhangi) was a period following the Iranian Revolution, when the academia of Iran was purged of Western and non-Islamic influences (including traditionalist unpolitical Islamic doctrines) to align them with the revolutionary and political Islam. However, as major ideological tensions persisted between Pahlavi and Khomeini, anti-government demonstrations began in October 1977, eventually developing into a campaign of civil resistance that included elements of secularism and Islamism. Yes, they did many positive things, especially in regards to modernization and the rights of women, but the last Shah was also a dictator who had his political enemies thrown in prison, tortured, and even executed. Other reforms included the sale of state-owned enterprises to private interests and profit sharing in industry. The Islamic revolutionary government itself is credited with helping establish Hezbollah in Lebanon[277] and the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. On 30 and 31 March (Farvardin 10, 11) a referendum was held over whether to replace the monarchy with an "Islamic republic". It led to the replacement of the Imperial State of Iran by the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran, as the monarchical government of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was superseded by the theocratic government of Ruhollah Khomeini, a religious cleric who had headed one of the rebel factions. [109] Units of Imperial Iranian Army were deployed to the city to restore order, and the death toll, according to government was 6,[114] while Khomeini claimed hundreds were "martyred. I understand the necessity for religion to find its own medium for it to function, but I suppose its disappointing to know that something as controlling like this is currently a harsh reality that more specifically, women will have to go through. [114] As result, police forces were unable to control demonstrations, thus the army was frequently deployed. But most of this increase can be attributed to the rise in oil prices in the 2000s. While the moderate Bazargan and his government (temporarily) reassured the middle class, it became apparent they did not have power over the "Khomeinist" revolutionary bodies, particularly the Revolutionary Council (the "real power" in the revolutionary state),[196][197] and later the Islamic Republican Party. 1 Colonization and Settlement (1500-1763), 2 Revolution and Early Republic (1754-1801), 4 Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), 5 Emergence of Modern America (1877-1929), 4 Late Middle Ages-Renaissance-Reformation Europe (1300-1648), 3 Post-Classical History (600 CE-1492 CE), HS 1302 United States History since 1877, SP 3392 Language Variation and Dialectology of Spanish, Sadia Rafique and Khalid Manzoor Butt, Position of Women in Iran: An Analysis of Pre and Post Islamic Revolution 1979,, Encyclopaedia Britannica, September 2018, s.v. Sharif-Emami entered into negotiations with Ayatollah Shariatmadari and National Front leader Karim Sanjabi in order to help organize future elections. Iranian Revolution, also called Islamic Revolution, Persian Enqelb-e Eslm, popular uprising in Iran in 197879 that resulted in the toppling of the monarchy on February 11, 1979, and led to the establishment of an Islamic republic. Iran's Sunni minority (about 8%) has seen some unrest. The mullahs and bazaaris effectively policed the gathering, and protesters who attempted to initiate violence were restrained. [6][132] The Shah chose General Gholam-Reza Azhari to be prime minister because of his mild-mannered approach to the situation. The land reform, instead of allying the peasants with the government, produced large numbers of independent farmers and landless laborers who became loose political cannons, with no feeling of loyalty to the Shah. 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In schools, these songs were sung by students as part of the celebrations of Fajr Decades. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. [115] In addition, it was the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, bringing a sense of increased religiosity among many people.[109]. Many of the people in the regime struggled to find asylum and some even had to move to a few different countries before finally settling. . The 1979 revolution, which brought together Iranians across many different social groups, has its roots in Irans long history. [91] By mid-1977 economic austerity measures to fight inflation disproportionately affected the thousands of poor and unskilled male migrants settling in the cities working in the construction industry. The Cultural Revolution (19801983; Persian: : Enqelbe Farhangi) was a period following the Iranian Revolution, when the academia of Iran was purged of Western and non-Islamic influences (including traditionalist unpolitical Islamic doctrines) to align them with the revolutionary and political Islam. [9][6][14][100][101][115][123] However, the Shah made clear that once martial law was lifted, he intended to continue with the liberalization. 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An economic boom created a widening income gap between the wealthy and the poor, while moves toward a more secular society angered religious traditionalists. Can a name become a metaphor for civil rights? In this environment, members of the National Front, the Tdeh Party, and their various splinter groups now joined the ulama in broad opposition to the shahs regime. [210] To approve the new constitution and prevent leftist alterations, a relatively small seventy-three-member Assembly of Experts for Constitution was elected that summer. 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( Mario De Biasi/Mondadori/Getty Images) It is rare for a revolution to involve as much as 1 percent of a country's population; the French, Russian, and Romanian revolutions may have passed the 1 percent mark. In the 1950s he was given the title of an ayatollah, which is a major religious leader among Shiites. Bakhtiar would be appointed prime minister (a return to civilian rule), while the Shah and his family would leave the country. [308] Women fought back against these changes, and as activist and writer Mahnaz Afkhami writes, "The regime succeeded in putting women back in the veil in public places, but not in resocializing them into fundamentalist norms. [109][111][116] The BBC itself later issued a statement admitting to having a "critical" disposition to the Shah, saying that its broadcasts helped to "change the collective perception of the population. "[304] Fear of SAVAK has been replaced by fear of Revolutionary Guards, and other religious revolutionary enforcers. Khomeini immediately declared that "4,000 innocent protesters were massacred by Zionists," which gave him a pretext to reject any further compromise with the government. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was the shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979. [116] Nevertheless, the government reported at least 12 opposition deaths. Discuss In November 1964, Khomeini was re-arrested and sent into exile where he remained for 15 years (mostly in Najaf, Iraq), until the revolution. By 1976, the Shah had accumulated upward of $1billion from oil revenue; his family including 63 princes and princesses had accumulated between $5 and $20billion; and the family foundation controlled approximately $3billion. "[308] After the revolution, women often had to work hard to support their families as the post-revolutionary economy suffered. [116][133] He stated he would begin to work with the opposition to bring democracy, and would form a coalition government. Nafisi, Azar. They are not allowed to publish newspapers. Khomeini was released after eight months of house arrest and continued his agitation, condemning Iran's close cooperation with Israel and its capitulations, or extension of diplomatic immunity, to American government personnel in Iran. 200) that the laws of the Parthian Empire were tolerant towards homosexual behaviour, and Persian men were known to "indulge in intercourse with males." In addition to the president, the new constitution included a more powerful post of guardian jurist ruler intended for Khomeini,[213] with control of the military and security services, and power to appoint several top government and judicial officials. [256] In terms of future relevance, the conflicts that originated from the Iranian Revolution continued to define geo-politics for the last three decades, continuing to do so today.[257]. 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