Iran before 1925
What Iranians were considered before the Constitutional Revolution (citizens or subjects?)
What are subjects?
The result/goal of constitutional revolution
The two countries who's secret services organized the coup against the Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953
What is the U.S. and Britain?
Goal of Reza Shah Pahlavi
What is Modernization - Westernization?
True or False: Iranians could only vote for or against forming an Islamic Republic
True
The dynasty which was established in 1925
What was the Pahlavi dynasty?
Official religion of Iran after Constitutional Revolution
What is Shi'ism?
The person that nationalized the oil industry of Iran
Who is prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh?
The city where 2 million people protested in December 1978 for the shah's resignation
What is Tehran?
System of government after Iranian Revolution
What is a constitutional monarchy and parliament?
Reasons for the Constitutional Revolution
What was to establish representative government, resist encroachment of imperial powers?
Name of elected, representative parliament with significant power
What is Majlis?
The name of the British oil company in Iran
What is the A.I.O.C. (Anglo-Iranian Oil Company)?
Secret police organization used by the shah to torture and execute opponents and political prisoners
What is the SAVAK?
The role of Shapour Bahktiar in the government, who negotiated a departure for the shah
What is prime minister?
Role of Mirza Nazrullah Khan in government
What was the first elected Prime Minister of Iran?
Council ensuring laws don't contradict with religious principles
What is Ulama?
The state that the National Security council didn't want Iran to be dominated by
What is the U.S.S.R?
High ranking cleric who used religious ideology to speak out against the shah, who was exiled
Who is the Ayatollah Khomeini?
One of the three government bodies directly elected by Iranian voters
What is the President, Majlis, or Assembly of Experts?
The dynasty before Majlis and Reza Shah Pahlavi
What is the Qajar dynasty?
Who the shah relinquished the throne to when under pressure from the Allies in 1941
Who was his son, Mohammad Reza?
The three countries that dominated the oil industry during World War II?
What is Britain, Russia, and the U.S.A?
Series of reforms by the shah to redistribute land, put more money into education, and give women the right to vote
What is the white revolution?
One of the three bodies of government that must be approved by the Council of Guardians
What is the President, Majlis, or Assembly of Experts?