Iranian Revolution justified?
The below video shows a wonderful insight into the Iran of the early to mid 1970's before the (what it calls) the unintelligible revolution in 1979 that saw the founding of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
But was the revolution (unlike the video suggests) justified for the people of Iran, the country was becoming rapidly industrialized and the division between city and country was becoming debt as the Shah became more friendly with America.
He was also buying up in hi tech arms from the United States (the F-14 Tomcat one of if not the best fighter jet in the 1970's), whom were using Iran for oil and strategic purposes, this clip from The Grumman Challenge a documentary about the sale of 80 F-14 Tomcats shows exactly what the Americans were doing.
But the rapid industrialization did very little for the average Iranian, first of all the country wasn't a democracy and the Shah was a dictator since America helped him eliminate any Prime Minister elected by the people in a coup carried out by the CIA and MI6 in 1953!
And this rapid industrialization by the United States (paid with the rapid flow of Iran's oil of course) of Iran did little only divide city and country, only a small amount of people were enjoying the wealth was one of the many causes that slowly led to the revolution.
The celebration of the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire at Persepolis in 1971 was organized by the Shah's regime, was attacked for its extravagance.
"As the foreigners reveled on drink forbidden by Islam, Iranians were not only excluded from the festivities, some were starving."
Tens of thousands of foreign workers were doing the work Iranians weren't allowed as private companies reaped the profits.
As the revolution begun several factors saw it expand until Ayatollah Khomeini returned, the Muharram protests saw up to 6 to 9 million anti Shah demonstrators march across Iran, this was probably largest protest event in history and a higher number of people than any other revolution in history.
That just tell you how this was the majority of the people getting what they wanted, after seizing American hostages in the US embassy and holding them for over 444 days the US weren't able to even rescue them, the failed Operation 'Eagle Claw' showed they couldn't even find a US friendly haven anywhere in Iran in which to launch their operation from, the RH-53D Sea Stallion choppers had to launch directly from the USS Nimitz and crashed before they could even reach Tehran!
The hostages weren't harmed showing that their takers weren't murderous savages and Iran was ruled by an Islamic government in which the people (the majority )wanted it to be.
However before leaving for the United States for cancer treatment and before the revolution exploded the Shah had ordered and paid for 160 US F-16 Fighting Falcons and other weapons , none of these had arrived and the deal which had cost millions had cost the Iranian people for nothing!
But was the revolution (unlike the video suggests) justified for the people of Iran, the country was becoming rapidly industrialized and the division between city and country was becoming debt as the Shah became more friendly with America.
He was also buying up in hi tech arms from the United States (the F-14 Tomcat one of if not the best fighter jet in the 1970's), whom were using Iran for oil and strategic purposes, this clip from The Grumman Challenge a documentary about the sale of 80 F-14 Tomcats shows exactly what the Americans were doing.
But the rapid industrialization did very little for the average Iranian, first of all the country wasn't a democracy and the Shah was a dictator since America helped him eliminate any Prime Minister elected by the people in a coup carried out by the CIA and MI6 in 1953!
And this rapid industrialization by the United States (paid with the rapid flow of Iran's oil of course) of Iran did little only divide city and country, only a small amount of people were enjoying the wealth was one of the many causes that slowly led to the revolution.
The celebration of the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire at Persepolis in 1971 was organized by the Shah's regime, was attacked for its extravagance.
"As the foreigners reveled on drink forbidden by Islam, Iranians were not only excluded from the festivities, some were starving."
Tens of thousands of foreign workers were doing the work Iranians weren't allowed as private companies reaped the profits.
As the revolution begun several factors saw it expand until Ayatollah Khomeini returned, the Muharram protests saw up to 6 to 9 million anti Shah demonstrators march across Iran, this was probably largest protest event in history and a higher number of people than any other revolution in history.
That just tell you how this was the majority of the people getting what they wanted, after seizing American hostages in the US embassy and holding them for over 444 days the US weren't able to even rescue them, the failed Operation 'Eagle Claw' showed they couldn't even find a US friendly haven anywhere in Iran in which to launch their operation from, the RH-53D Sea Stallion choppers had to launch directly from the USS Nimitz and crashed before they could even reach Tehran!
The hostages weren't harmed showing that their takers weren't murderous savages and Iran was ruled by an Islamic government in which the people (the majority )wanted it to be.
However before leaving for the United States for cancer treatment and before the revolution exploded the Shah had ordered and paid for 160 US F-16 Fighting Falcons and other weapons , none of these had arrived and the deal which had cost millions had cost the Iranian people for nothing!
Labels: IIAF, iran, iranian revolution, operation eagle claw
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