Nouns 1
the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group
coup
of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil, devilish
diabolical
a secretly plotted and suddenly executed attempt to overthrow a government
putsch
The Iranian Revolution took place in this year
1979
a movement or attitude stressing strict and literal adherence to a set of basic principles
fundamentalism
binding in law or conscience
obligatory
a feeling of well-being or elation
euphoria
This U.S. president's initial refusal to give asylum to the Shah led to the Iran hostage crisis
Jimmy Carter
a legal prohibition on commerce
embargo
trying to destroy or damage something, especially an established political system
subversive
a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
martyr
The title of Marjane's favorite childhood comic, based on Mexican cartoonist Rius's "Marx for Beginners," also the technical term for Marx's philosophy
"Dialectic Materialism"
the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas
imperialism
of or relating to an intelligentsia that develops new or experimental concepts especially in the arts
avant-garde
an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market
capitalism
The Satrapi family is on vacation in this European country when the war with Iraq begins
Spain
a crude figure representing a hated person
effigy
marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy, surreptitious
clandestine
low moral standards and behavior
decadence
With his Uncle Fereydoon, Marjane's uncle Anoosh declared the independence of this Iranian province, not to be confused with the former Soviet Socialist Republic of the same name
Azerbaijan