WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Iran became unstable with violence and repression. It was not long after that Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq at the time, sensed Iran’s instability and vulnerability and attacked, starting the devastating, eight-year-long Iran-Iraq war.

Detailed explanation-2: -In December 1979, a new Iranian constitution was approved, naming Khomeini as Iran’s political and religious leader for life. Under his rule, Iranian women were denied equal rights and required to wear a veil, Western culture was banned, and traditional Islamic law and its often-brutal punishments were reinstated.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the decades before the Islamic revolution of 1979, Iran was ruled by the Shah, whose dictatorship repressed dissent and restricted political freedoms. But he also pushed the country to adopt Western-oriented secular modernization, allowing some degree of cultural freedom.

Detailed explanation-4: -As a result of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Iran’s government changed from a monarchy to a theocracy. A theocracy is a type of government that is based on a religion. It is run by religious figures and its laws are based in religious laws.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Islamic Republic of Iran was created shortly after the Islamic Revolution. The first major demonstrations with the intent to overthrow the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi began in January 1978, with a new, Islam-based, theocratic Constitution being approved in December 1979, ending the monarchy.