The Iranian Revolution Of 1979 - 1396 Words

Every political development that approaches the scale of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 is guaranteed to involve a number of moving parts whose collective impact eventually yields the end result. But with the Iranian Revolution, it can be useful to simplify this more holistic view down to two figures set in a dichotomy of sorts, with each representing the two different states of Iran, Iran pre and post revolution. These two individuals, Mohamed Reza Pahlavi and Ruhollah Khomeini comprised the leadership position of Iran before and after the revolution, and due to actions of those who were in favor of the revolution became directly associated with what was the old, and what was the new path for Iran. The Iranian Revolution of 1979 was†¦show more content†¦In addition to these grievances, the rising popularity of Islamic fundamentalism and the modernism that the Shah was attempting to bring about, had great conflict with one another. On January 23, 1973 the Shah announced he was starting a White Revolution†. The Revolution consisted of many contributing programs, a few of which being, land reform, sale of government owned property to finance land reform, voting rights for women, profit-sharing for industrial workers, the creation of a literary corps, and nationalization of forests. Each of these was defined by Shah Pahlavi as having the explicit goal of bringing about the modernization of Iran. In addition to these programs, the monarchist regime was attempting to create a more western form of capitalism, the motivation for which being that the new and improved economic system would hopefully serve as a catalyst for Iran s rapid economic growth. This attempt at rapid growth created a range of social crises that threatened the survival of traditionalism and a form of capitalism that resembled the way it existed prior to the Shah’s White Revolution. The programs of