“It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.” -Eric Hoffer. The Iranian Revolution was a time of change in Iran, occuring after the Shah had tried westernizing the country by removing certain Islamic ideals. He had tried forcing people to dress and act certain ways that might seem better than the old, but the people did not like being made to do certain things. This caused a revolt against the Shah, and implementing a new government quite similar to the one before the Shah. This revolution, called the Iranian Revolution, changed life for Iranians by having religion control the country and government, forcing the people to follow Islamic ways and punishing them for not, and decreasing wages and increasing unemployment, causing protests. …show more content…
This is shown in Document 1, when Ruhollah Khomeini said, “...the Government must be directed and organized according to the divine law…”. Ruhollah Khomeini was the leader of the revolution, so he had a lot of influence on what the new Iran would become. He believed religion should control the government, and religious officials would keep it in check. He believed that divine law created by God were the ultimate laws. Another way the Iranian Revolution changed life in Iran was making life harder for the working class. It says in Document 2, “...recently reported increasing dissatisfaction among Tehran residents over rising prices and strikes and protests by worker… partly due to nonpayment of wages.” This was from a news report broadcasted by BBC, showing some of the problems happening among the workers class in the new Iran. Workers were not being paid at their jobs, and prices had also started rising. This was causing many problems in the economy, and lead to protests and eventually brutality in the