DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE EAST
DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN MIDDLE EAST
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an increase in women’s rights
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tension between traditionalism and modernization to continue
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foreign control of natural resources to expand
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the introduction of a communist form of government
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Detailed explanation-1: -Following the March 1979 Islamic Republic referendum, in which 98% of Iranian voters approved the country’s shift to an Islamic republic, the new government began efforts to draft the present-day Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Khomeini emerged as the Supreme Leader of Iran in December 1979.
Detailed explanation-2: -The major cause of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 was the government’s inability to satisfy the rising expectations of the Iranian people-especially following the sudden enormous increase in the price of oil in 1973.
Detailed explanation-3: -This became the Iranian Revolution, which overthrew the Shah’s regime. The movement was led by Ruhollah Khomeini, the grand ayatollah who was the leader of the Shiite Muslims in Iran. With a new leader came a new revived sense of religion. Khomeini made Iran an Islamic Republic (Hsu).
Detailed explanation-4: -Islamic revolutionary protestors turned out by the hundreds of thousands and eventually drove the Shah from power. Iran was alienated from all of the western countries, including the US. Women’s rights drastically reduced. The monarchy was destroyed and religious leaders took long term control of the country.