Iran and Iraq
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IRAN AND IRAQ
HWH UNIT 13CHAPTER 20.3
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IRAN NOT an Arab state
Iranians are Persian and speak Farci The Safavid Dynasty (1501-1736) Unstable and basically run by Britain
from 1800-1925
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REZA KHAN Led a military takeover in 1921
Declared himself Shah in 1925
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AFTER WWII British and Soviets
force Reza Kahn to resign
His son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, takes over (1941-1979) Western Corrupt
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AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT Mohammad Mosaddeq
Democratically elected Prime Minister
Nationalized Iran’s Oil US and Britain opposed it
CIA overthrew Mosaddeq in 1953 Shah became a puppet
of the West
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THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION, 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini Islamic Republic Hostages Argo
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THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR, 1980-88
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IRAN TODAY Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Nuclear Weapons?
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IRAQ Also majority Shiite Part of the Ottoman
Empire until 1917 British Mandate until 1932 Independent in 1932
Kingdom of Iraq, 1932-1958 King Faisal I (1932-39)
Many unstable governments and coups, 1963-1979
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SADDAM HUSSEIN
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THE PERSIAN GULF WAR, 1991 Iraq invades
Kuwait, 1990 US intervention
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THE IRAQ WAR, 2003
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ISSUES IN IRAQ Sunni vs. Shiite Kurds