ipl-logo

Iran And Russian Revolution Essay

1534 Words7 Pages

Iran and Russia are two cases in which the relationship between the religion and the state play an important role within the affairs of the country. The modern government of Iran was established as a result of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 in which Islam was codified into the constitution. Russia, on the other hand, had an extensive history of pushing atheism as the state’s religion in an effort to secularize the country. Nevertheless, religion was a significant element in the identity of the Russian people and therefore withstood the oppressive anti-religious policies from previous regimes. Using the parallel authority model on the cases of Iran and Russia, this paper will examine the historical importance of religion in shaping social and …show more content…

In addition, the effects of this revolution were in respond to what many Iranian perceived as an increase to Westernization by non-Muslims countries such as the United States. Mohammad Reza Shah, who was supported by the United States, embarked on a conquest to follow his father’s footsteps to fundamentally shape Iran modernizing despite the country’s high religious influence. Following the overthrow of the monarchy and the Islamic revolution in 1979, the new Ayatollah Khomeini had “successfully mobilized support for his Islamic regime through the use of religious symbols and constriction of a national identity. A religious national community was now ready to accept his vision of the proper form of government and its relations with religion” (Siavoshi, 2002). Ayatollah Khomeini’s Islamic religious and political transformation of Iran led to the Islam becoming the national identity of the state. As a consequence, Khomeini argued that the new Islamic government should not pass laws based on a democratic majority; rather laws should be passed on the religious scholars insights on the interpretation of the Quran (Siavoshi,

Show More
Related
635 Words | 3 Pages

embassy in Tehran and seized control of the embassy. Farber provides both an international and domestic viewpoint on the crisis, which offers the reader more of an outlook on the situation. Farber’s international viewpoint provides the reader with the look into the origins of the situation and the policies the United States had put in place in Iran. These policies include the part in ousting Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh by the United States, the United States backing of the Shah and the inclination of policy makers to turn their backs to the problem of authoritarianism in Iran, which was causing suffering for the people in the country. These problems began when the United States took interest in the Middle East in the 1970’s because of its oil rich ground.

Read More
482 Words | 2 Pages

In 1978 it marked the beginning of many political and religious disturbance in Iran. The Iranian Revolution has a history of chaos in order to put power in the hands of the people. The 1953 coup was to overthrow of the elected prime minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh. Mohammad Mosaddegh almost succeeded in deposing the shah incensed Iran's intellectuals.

Read More
518 Words | 3 Pages

"Hidden Iran" is a book written by Ray Takeyh explaining about the Islamic republic power and paradox that existed. It shows the relationship between Iran and America. The author is an expert in history and politics of Iran wrote this book demystifying the regime of Iranian and shows the fault lines, which explain the behavior of domestic politics. The author critiques the approach of US to Iran since its revolution in 1979 and its failure of change successive administration behavior.

Read More
448 Words | 2 Pages

Finally, the Shah died in July 1980 while living in Egypt. Now what the students of Iran truly wanted, for the Shah stand trial for his heinous crimes against humanity, was impossible. These events show the true power of economic goals and how they can turn a non-economic event into a truly dramatic struggle for national and international

Read More
1677 Words | 7 Pages

In 1853, the Crimean War was fought among the Ottoman Empire, Russia, Britain, and France over a Russian protectorate in the Ottoman Empire’s vassal states to compete with France’s influence. The Ottoman Empire declared war on Russia with the backing of France and Britain. The Russians were defeated and humiliated and were angry with the Austrians for not supporting them as their ally so Russia cut off ties with them. Austria’s supposedly new friends Britain and France failed to help Austria like the Russians did when she needed it. Instead, the French aided the the Italians in their fight for independence against Austria and the British withdrew from foreign affairs.

Read More
582 Words | 3 Pages

The Russian revolution resulted in the overthrow of the country’s monarchy and the establishment of the Soviet Union. It started off with many protests and strikes that forced Tsar Nicholas II out of power. As a result, a provisional government was put in place but it was weak and ineffective so the Bolsheviks took control and established a socialist government. The Bolshevik Revolution was caused by a combination of unstable and corrupt monarchies, unfair treatment of the populace, and a lagging industry, which eventually led to the creation of the USSR.

Read More
686 Words | 3 Pages

I find the role of religion in government quite interesting. In a previous lesson we learned about the Byzantine and Persian Empires and how they served as patrons for religious orthodoxies. Now as we start to discuss more about post-Muhammad Islam, we learn about the empires that served as the patrons for Islam. Religion seems to be the primary foundation for the rise and success for many of these empires, but in the 21st century religion does not serve this same purpose. The Safavid Empire was govern by and for Shiite Muslims, the Mughul Empire is quite distinct in that it seemed to be fueled by religious tolerance, so it was a hybrid of Islam and Hinduism, and the Ottoman Empire is also noteworthy as Robinson describes it as the “mightiest of the three”, most likely due

Read More
2472 Words | 10 Pages

Chapter# 2: Islamic Revolution and Deterioration at Nuclear Issue between 1979- 2001 This revolution also known as Iranian Revolution. In this revolution the overthrown of the Pahlavi dynasty under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who was supported by the United States. In October1977, demonstrations against the Shah commenced. In January 1978, both secular and religious elements intensified.

Read More
820 Words | 4 Pages

Eventually, Ayatollah Khomeini was the leader of Iran after the Islamic Revolution. Iran became a theocracy under an Islamic Republic replacing the Shah completely. The Shah has been overthrown and he left Iran until his death. As the revolution continued, the West, including the United Sates, was not happy with the religious upbringing in Iran. President Ronald Reagan decided to re-think relations with Iraq which led them to support Iraq later on in the “Gulf War”.

Read More
397 Words | 2 Pages

I have spent 17 years of my age in Iran. I faced with constant religious persecution, unrelenting human right violations such as systematic access denial for higher education, and my home was confiscated. I always have been wondering how a system or a human being can be such self-centered and closed minded without any integrity? Then I remind myself that we all always need to examine our characteristic because it needs “improvement and discipline”, and “Freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose” as mentioned in The Meditations (Aurelius, 1994). I believe that we should live our life in a way that our hero is our self in 10 years.

Read More
153 Words | 1 Pages

The relationship between religion and the state is also notable In the time period, globalisation was critical in the formation of the modern state. The dissolution of empires once

Read More
1439 Words | 6 Pages

And our governments are very much the same. ”(Satrapi, "Life Under The Shah: What Iran Looked Like Before The Islamic Revolution.”). However, as Reza Shah, the Iranian leader who was held responsible for westernization in the country, was overthrown with the Islamic Revolution.

Read More
2246 Words | 9 Pages

The Persian War is referred to as a conflict between Greece and Persia which occurred near the beginning of 5th century BCE. The War itself involved two main invasions happening around the years of 490 BCE and 480 BCE. Within these two main invasions, four historically important battles were fought between the Greeks and Persians. These battles took place in the Greek states of Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea. The Greek states were ultimately victorious in the Persian War, with the Greek army itself being primarily composed of the strategic and powerful naval force of the Athenians and the brute and able terrestrial force of the Spartans.

Read More
804 Words | 4 Pages

At the times of the Iranian Revolution, those who deviated from the norm were perceived to be very controversial. Due to the different ideologies of social groups, conflicts and disputes arise among them. In Marjane Satrapi’s, Persepolis, the Iran Revolution triggers the controversy of morals and beliefs between the modernist and the government. The modernist are perceived as rebellious and westernized.

Read More
1090 Words | 5 Pages

Judges currently revert to Islamic law in order to pass the death sentence to those who belong to a religious minority. The revolutionary atmosphere of 1979 was not conductive to like treatment of minority religions (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2014). In the revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini proclaimed social justice as the Revolutions main ambition, however, thirty years later, social justice continues be as elusive as ever. The constitution that emerged from the revolution states that all laws and regulations must be based on an official interpretation of Islamic

Read More

More about Iran And Russian Revolution Essay

Related Topics

Open Document