Ayatollah Khomeini Rules Iran (3 Dez 1979 Jahr – 3 Jun 1989 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

A Muslim leader named Ayatollah Khomeini was one of the shah’s most vocal opponents.
He condemned the shah for being corrupt and in the pocket of the United States.
The Shah fled in 1979 and Ayatollah Khomeini became “real” leader
He declared Iran an Islamic Republic—the clerics must rule.
Iran became a true theocracy: official religion is also the supreme government authority.

Khomeini ruled with an iron fist:
- Death to those who supported/worked with the shah
- Women forced to wear chador and walk only with male relative in public
- The University of Tehran closed for two years
- Newspapers shut down
- History books re-written
- Schools divided by sex
- Many Iranians fled (Westernized intellectuals, those associated with the shah, or those who simply had grown accustomed to the Western style)

Zugefügt zum Band der Zeit:

Datum: