Iran In the Twentieth Century. I.Introduction Foreign Interference Islam Resurgent.

Iran In the Twentieth Century

I. Introduction

Foreign Interference Islam Resurgent

II. Iran Besieged

A. Q ajar Iran

B. Foreign Dominance1. Concessions

2. The Majlis (1906)

3. Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907

II. Iran Besieged

4. D'Arcy and Anglo-Iranian Oil Company

5. World War I

6. 1919 Anglo-Persian Agreement

II. Iran Besieged

C. Reza Khan (r. 1925-1941)1. Conflict with Britain

2. Conflict with the Shi'a Establishment

3. Downfall

III. The Shah's Iran

A. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (r. 1941-1979)

B. Mohammad Mossadiq (1951-1953)1. Nationalization of AIOC (1951)

2. Operation Ajax (August 1953)

3. Results

III. The Shah's Iran

C. Modernization1. The White Revolution

2. Oil and Industrialization

3. Gulf Policeman

III. The Shah's Iran

D. Opposition to Modernization1. Ulama

2. Bazaar Merchants

III. The Shah's Iran

3. Urban Poor

4. Nationalist Sentiments

E. The Shah's Response: SAVAK

IV. Revolution: Reaping What you Sow

A. Qom Massacre (Jan. 1978)

B. Popular Demonstrations (Sept. 1978)

C. Oil Strike (Fall 1978)

D. Exile (January 16, 1979)

V. The New Regime

A. Competition for Power1. Liberal Nationalists

2. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

V. The New Regime

B. The Hostage Crisis1. Shah Enters the U.S. (Oct. 1979)

2. Embassy Seizure (Nov. 1979)

3. Khomeini's Victory

V. The New Regime

4. Iran-Iraq War

5. Hostages Freed (Jan. 1981)

V. The New Regime

C. Islamic Republic1. Government

2. Society

Mossadiq

Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907

The Shahof Iran

Ayatollah Khomeini

IranianRevolution

HostageCrisis

VI. Conclusion

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