Emily Dingman
3/17/2015 07:58:03 am
think: i think the people of Iran are extremely proud and strong people who fought for their rights. They come from a very religious country with strict ways and fighting against that is inspring.
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Jackson Sjogren
3/17/2015 09:20:05 am
To be honest I have never heard of this before reading this article so I'm pretty sure their are many americans that have no idea that this ever happened.
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Chandler
3/17/2015 08:03:07 am
like emily said, the islamic people seem to want to stand up for themselves. It seems they are peacefully defiant.
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Dillon Prescott
3/17/2015 08:08:19 am
Think: I think that the people of iran are to divided in there decisions one generation they change government power to be an Islamic state and the next generation wants more freedoms.
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michele
3/17/2015 08:18:05 am
The consequences of the shift were unpredictable, they may have been unprepared but were so excited about leaving what they began with that the future seemed a lot brighter.
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Michele Moua
3/17/2015 08:14:47 am
I have had a good amount of exposer to the Iranian Revolution in 9th grade, So i have a pretty good understanding of what goes on, why, and how it all plays out and how it still effects the people today. However in 9th grade we were more exposed to the personal lives of Iranian citizens and the hardships they faced. I hoping to be able to gain a more political insight on the revolution itself and see the origins/ motives of the struggle. I have a feeling of understanding for what the Iranian women went through and the wanting for more in life and the ability of self expression. (western vs traditional lifestyles) I wonder the extent of the fall out of the revolution and how it effects its people today.
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Sarah Lockhart
3/17/2015 08:25:19 am
I mostly remember/understand the challenges women faced during the revolution as well because it's easier for me to put myself into their shoes.
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Jonathan
3/17/2015 08:18:45 am
Think: I think that a revolution was in fact in order, due to the growing wealth gap and the distress of the people. It's insane to think that the people voted 70% and 78% in those elections, I don't think the US has ever been that unanimous.
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Sarah Lockhart
3/17/2015 08:26:25 am
Do you think that the landslide votes were genuine or rigged? It seems a little suspicious to me to see numbers like that, but it is still possible
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Jenna Welsh
3/17/2015 11:06:30 am
Do you remember "Persepolis"? The thing that stood out to me the most from the book is when her father says that he did not know a single person who voted for the regime, and their group of friends thought for sure that the election was rigged. I can't help but think that maybe it was...
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Isaac Fernandez
3/18/2015 12:11:27 am
That's that is really crazy! And yeah I don't think the United States has ever had a situation like that.
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Ryan Cormack
3/17/2015 08:21:13 am
Think: I think that its interesting how they turned into an Islamic state, when the newer generations may have different views on how strict certain things should be. They seem like the people of Iran are very united in a sense that they all want similar things, and vote in the same direction.
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Ryan Cormack
3/17/2015 08:23:17 am
Question: Were you or anyone you were close with personally affected by any of the violence or economic change?
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Nicole Matteson
3/17/2015 03:16:46 pm
I find your question very intriguing and I hope you ask it because I'd love to know the answer.
Sarah Lockhart
3/17/2015 08:23:32 am
I think that this was a little hard to understand because of the different titles and it doesn't help that I'm a little rusty on different rules regarding Islam (we did a project on the Iranian Revolution in 9th grade with Mrs. Sonya). But I also think that the power struggle in Iran had a huge impact on the Iranian people and I feel that they were very vocal about politics and that definitely had a huge impact. I wonder what would have happened if Americans were more vocal to our government about what we wanted since there are definitely some cultural differences between our countries.
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Jenna Welsh
3/17/2015 10:44:26 am
I often wonder that, as well. Could you ever imagine a coup in America? It's hard to even envision a consensus of that magnitude in what is a largely divided country.
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Hesham Hamed
3/17/2015 08:24:49 am
I think that the Iranian people have gone through many many changes and they still survived and they continue to thrive till this day.
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Jake F.
3/17/2015 08:50:11 am
I think that the Islamic state is going through changes so leaders are reacting to this change. They are getting power, and gathering followers. I feel as if some of their successes are how they killed a bunch of people, but I am probably wrong
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jackson sjogren
3/17/2015 09:18:33 am
Think: I think that Iran has changed a lot from the past and it's amazing that the many different aspects of iranian culture still thrive today. I think if their was a more consistent leader in power Iran would be better off.
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Kaeli Leoni
3/17/2015 10:54:34 am
I agree on how surprising it is how much their system had changed throughout the revolution.
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Morgan King
3/17/2015 10:16:41 am
I think that the history of the revolution and the people of Iran still remains shrouded, it isn't as easily discussed in this region and that people choose to focus on what has affected our nation in recent years. With that said, I remember learning about the history of the Islamic Revolution and all of the good and bad change the country of Iran endured in the last half century, only in the last few years and not in enough detail. I feel that this experience translate to the learning that other people in the States have, they have no prior knowledge of the Middle East before 2000.
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Grant
3/17/2015 04:19:37 pm
I agree with you I think that some of the things that we are thought and the stereo types that we hear don't always directly translate into what is actually real.
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Jenna Welsh
3/17/2015 10:42:21 am
I think that the Iranian Revolution is really a “lesser of two evils” situation. On the one hand, you have the Shah, who was essentially a totalitarian leader who lived in luxury while his people starved. On the other, you have Ayatollah Khomeini and his rebels, who, while justified in their outrage, also killed Shah supporters once in power and imposed religious rules on their people, some of them unwilling. Both sides are complex, and neither is really that great. I guess the real question is: which side is the lesser evil?
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Kaeli Leoni
3/17/2015 10:55:49 am
I also wonder the same thing, it's very surprising to me how this didn't seem like a very large issue in the article.
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Shea Saulino
3/17/2015 03:04:26 pm
I loved your beginning sentence- "lesser of two evils" describes the Iranian Revolution to a T.
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Kaeli Leoni
3/17/2015 10:52:40 am
Think: I think that its interesting how much Iran developed and grew
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Hunter Birk
3/17/2015 11:35:24 am
I like how you talked about how each leader has a different style of running the country, if a more universal style was practiced how do you think that citizens would have reacted?
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Nicole Matteson
3/17/2015 03:19:51 pm
I feel like the people who live their, with their government so strict and especially for the lower class civilians, that they wouldn't know other cultures to compare their own with so they may not know that their religion prominent government is so different from anyone else's.
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Hunter Birk
3/17/2015 11:33:01 am
I thought that it was interesting that the revolution was sparked because people where unable to obtain basic human rights, during the time period I would think that it would be incredibly inspiring to countries around the world that where oppressed to see Iran who's people where previously oppressed break out of a broken system and fight for what they believe in. I also thought that it was interesting to read about who an atrocity brought people together, there wasn't any question as to who was fighting: it was the people, not the males or females but the people.
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Kayla Feather
3/17/2015 11:59:57 am
Think: I both the articles and the images show extremes. With the Shah Iran seemed more modern, but when the Iranian Revolution happened it is almost like a regressed. They use two extremes when minor changes could have fix the problem. I find it interesting how they mix religion and government when though out time that really has never worked very well. The result is death in some form normal either form the government or the people because sometimes when people have too strong of beliefs they that matters way to far.
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Shea Saulino
3/17/2015 03:05:11 pm
How can we bester understand the people and religion because we have such huge stereotypes against them?
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Chloe Rice
3/17/2015 12:02:12 pm
Think: I think it is very hard to form social solidarity when your leaders are constantly changing and you are constantly at battle, so even though its a struggle for the united states its not as great of a struggle as if we were undergoing all of the political disagreement and revolution happening in iran.
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Alexis Habib
3/17/2015 02:48:23 pm
A very good point for your think section.
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christian klosterman
3/17/2015 12:03:55 pm
I thought it was super intriguing to see how the revolution played out and how the citizens played the biggest role in it, even if it took a lot of force, and it is amazing to see how close this was to now, as it is still having effects on Iran as of today.
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Alexis Miranda
3/17/2015 02:44:35 pm
You make a good point! I also wonder if they teach this in the schools of Iran, and if they do, I wonder how they reacted to this.
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Noah Parr
3/17/2015 12:05:10 pm
Think: I think that the people had viable and just reasons to rebel and protests. When some thing is not right, you have to let the officials know, and when they wont listen, the the other option is too make them.
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Camila Antonorsi
3/17/2015 01:13:46 pm
I think that it is interesting how Ayatollah Khomeini spread his words around through music cassettes. I feel as if the every country has an unsightly beginning that leads to a better future. Also i wonder if Shah Reza Pahlavi had not given power to his friends and relatives would he have been a better ruler?
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Tristan Elghoroury
3/17/2015 01:48:20 pm
Good question! I don't know. I think that he should have been careful to which of his family members he should have given the power to.
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Tristan Elghoroury
3/17/2015 01:47:01 pm
Think: I really think that it is hard to create any kind of economic or governmental stability when the leaders are not staying in power very long and hiding a lot of their actual intentions from the public. This makes the public have more suspicion, which grows social unrest and revolts against the leaders.
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Alexis Miranda
3/17/2015 02:34:58 pm
I agree with you! With that many changes, Iran would not be able to stabalize themselves.
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Alexis Miranda
3/17/2015 02:30:04 pm
I think that the citizens of Iran played a bigger role in this revolution. It seems to me that they really care for their countries society by the way they revolted for a change. Many Iranian leaders were cut off their duty due to economical aspects that the citizens did not want.
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Nicole King
3/17/2015 02:30:27 pm
Think: I think that the Islamic needed a real leader who actually was a real leader who thought of his people, and what was right for them. Who gave them real human rights!
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Think; I think that the people were very persistent and strong people who fought for their rights and had a very strong religious viewpoint on how the country should be.
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Alexis Habib
3/17/2015 02:46:58 pm
Think: I think that this is a perfect example of how completely unstable a country become when the wealth gap between the rich and the poor gets too wide. The poor get tired of it and stand up, and the rich ultimately flee... or get killed.
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Emily Hayashida
3/17/2015 03:10:10 pm
I agree with your summary of the issue and your question will be interesting to hear about especially with a personal account!
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Abby Elliott
3/17/2015 03:16:02 pm
The Iranian people for the most part had had enough. It is always interesting to observe the tipping point.
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Justin Reyes
3/17/2015 03:07:29 pm
think: I thought that it was really interesting to see how the citizens were able to play a huge role in the revolution. It was interesting to hear about how religion takes part in there daily culture and how it intertwines with their government.
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Emily Hayashida
3/17/2015 03:08:39 pm
Think: I think that it is interesting how the citizens of Iran, joined together and started a revolution. I also think that the situations that they were put through, with the Shah hiding his true intentions. I also personally think that mixing religion and government together is horible choice. It gives the person in power so much more power over their people.
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Eddie
3/17/2015 11:58:21 pm
yeah I thought it was cool that the people fought as one.
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Nicole Matteson
3/17/2015 03:15:29 pm
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Pictures are said to be worth a 1000 words, while they may be able to describe a lot they also show emotion. Through all the pictures and the small captions I got more from looking at the pictures emotionally than the passage. When the pictures of the shahs statue being torn down and holding the statues head at gunpoint showed there frustration to there failed leader. Also the happiness shown by the supporter in the final picture showed how happy there we're to start anew.
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Shea Saulino
3/17/2015 03:21:08 pm
Think: I think that the Shah, who was living a life of luxury while his people starved, was in no way justified to lavishly live the lifestyle he did. I also think that Ayatollah Khomeini was the opposite- justified and with a cause, yet caused mass destruction all the same. My final "Think" roots in Ayatollah Khomeini's Constitution that he implemented in April1979. I think that there is no way for me to know if it was for good or bad, as I am not a citizen affected by the reform.
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Niklas Wenz
3/17/2015 03:25:54 pm
Think: I think that a republic is a title for a country that strengthens an already existent power of a larger population.
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Abby Elliott
3/17/2015 03:26:27 pm
Think: I think that any people that are supressed for too long of a period ultimately fight back, if they have the strength to do so. The Iranian people were not pleased with the Shah and the person the Shah left in power.
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Grant
3/17/2015 04:33:41 pm
I think that this is a really good example of what can happen if people work together.To fight for what they believe in. After reading everything it appears that this wasn't the easiest process but they still succeeded.
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Kane McGrath
3/17/2015 04:51:30 pm
Think: I think it is interesting when opinion turns to revolution. Where do people draw the line? I think most revolutions happen when a public figure, such as Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, becomes popularized among enough people so that they can make these ideals into reality.
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Chenoa Levy
3/17/2015 06:59:01 pm
I think it's important to fight for what you strongly believe, and the Iranians did as such. However I don't necessarily believe the Iranian people approached change in the right way. The violent revolts damaged the economy and hurt many people in the process. Then again I was not in the same situation, so I'm not sure if what they really did was "right' or "wrong". Maybe they felt the only way to overthrow the Shah was by fighting with violence. It was also interesting to see the many presidents that held office during the revolt, and now they have the one presidents for life. I wonder if he has stayed true to his word and if the Iranian people are happy with his presidency.
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nadir h ortega
3/17/2015 10:59:43 pm
I think that each leader had his own faults which of course expose them. In some sort of a way, there was always one group of people who were opposed to those ideas, and when I see that these kind of situations are happening, it makes me feel upset that I haven't already learned this
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Dylan L
3/17/2015 11:29:05 pm
I thought that it was really interesting that Iran went through so many leaders so quickly. While reading through the article, I found it hard to keep all of them in my head because there were so many of them.
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Eamonn M.
3/18/2015 12:05:11 am
Think: I think it is interesting that the shah had pretty much a dictatorship and there was a big gap between the poor. That made the poorer class want to have a revolution. But they made a Islamic state that in a lot of ways was worse than then what they had before. There was mass executions of supporters of the shah and women had less rights.
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Isaac ernandez
3/18/2015 12:07:52 am
think: I think that the people through out all of the pictures really look United over a cause. Obviously that cause was reform. I just can really tell the passion they have in the photos.
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Piper Tompkins
3/18/2015 12:27:47 am
Think: I think the Iranian people have been through so much and that they have over come all these obstacles, like the huge separation between social and economic classes, along with never really having a stable leader for a long period of time.
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Kevin Stiemke
3/18/2015 09:49:46 pm
I agree the pictures really helped with visuals.
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Allison Hopkins
3/18/2015 12:40:51 am
Think: That there was a lot more that could have been said in this article. It showed us a brief overview of what was happening in Iran and some of the changes that were being made but it didn't tell us why most of these things happened of the overall effect they had. I hope that part of that will be changed with this guest speaker today.
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Mikayla Kricfalusi
3/18/2015 04:05:44 am
I agree, it also gave no indication as to the thoughts and feelings of the inhabitants, or why certain regimes would be opposed.
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Eddie
3/18/2015 12:58:56 am
I think that it was great that the people fought for what they thought needed to change. Even today we rarely see that, but these people had the courage to do so and fight the system.
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Mikayla Kricfalusi
3/18/2015 04:04:52 am
Westernizing seems to symbolize greater economic opportunities and a more forward thinking culture. With that reputation, is it really surprising that the Shah wanted to move towards that?
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Rena
3/18/2015 01:27:32 am
Think: I think all of this violence is horrible and needs to be stopped. To overthrow a leader you don't need to go to drastic measures. It's just sad people feel the need to do so.
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Ben Rose
3/18/2015 01:38:40 am
I do see both sides, even as someone who's not a fan of religion. When external powers begin to influence your nation to the extent of controlling who's in power, problems arise. Although I think the Shah was of course better for us and more secular Iranians, he persecuted more religious people just as more secular people are persecuted there today. It's a lose-lose situation.
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Mikayla Kricfalusi
3/18/2015 04:03:03 am
Think: I think that there will always be turmoil in a government completely controlled by a religion. It struck me that Ayatollah Khomeini was the supreme spiritual leader of Iran even though he was a government official. When religion is so entwined into the workings of the government, the religion uses the resources of the government to enforce its doctrine. Religion becomes law which removes the freedom of people to express themselves and what they believe in.
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Kevin Stiemke
3/18/2015 09:52:02 pm
I agree whenever a country is mostly run by religion then their is a chance that people are going to fight back.
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Kevin Stiemke
3/18/2015 09:47:20 pm
Think: I think that if people in a country feel that they are not being treated fairly or someone is using external power to control then the people are going to react violently.
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