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Iran and Iraq

HWH UNIT 13 CHAPTER 20.3. Iran and Iraq. NOT an Arab state Iranians are Persian and speak Farci The Safavid Dynasty (1501-1736) Unstable and basically run by Britain from 1800-1925. Iran. Led a military takeover in 1921 Declared himself Shah in 1925. Reza Khan.

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Iran and Iraq

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  1. HWH UNIT 13 CHAPTER 20.3 Iran and Iraq

  2. NOT an Arab state • Iranians are Persian and speak Farci • The Safavid Dynasty (1501-1736) • Unstable and basically run by Britain from 1800-1925 Iran

  3. Led a military takeover in 1921 • Declared himself Shah in 1925 Reza Khan

  4. British and Soviets force Reza Kahn to resign • His son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, takes over (1941-1979) • Western • Corrupt After WWII

  5. 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 American Involvement

  6. Ayatollah Khomeini Islamic Republic Hostages Argo The Iranian Revolution, 1979

  7. The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-88

  8. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Nuclear Weapons? Iran Today

  9. 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 Iraq

  10. Saddam Hussein

  11. Iraq invades Kuwait, 1990 US intervention The Persian Gulf War, 1991

  12. The Iraq War, 2003

  13. Sunni vs. Shiite Kurds Issues in Iraq

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