The+Islamic+Revolution+by+Kylie+Graham

The opposition against Mohammad Reza Shah was lead by Ayatollah Khomeini. There was an opposition against the Shah because he used the secret police of Iran, called the Savak, to control the people. When the Shah left the country leaving the new prime minister, Shapour Bakhtiar, to contain the situation in the country. At the time Khomeini was in exile in Iraq. When the Shah left the country he returned. This is explained in the book Persepolis. The picture below shows all the people happy and celebrating that the Shah was gone.

The people of Iran wanted the Shah gone because of his use of the secret police. After this, processes against those in favor of the Shah started. As a result, hundreds of people were killed. Ayatollah Khomeini then declared Iran an Islamic republic, writing a new constitution with his views on government. This lead to the protests on women's dress code, which Khomeini had included in his constitution. After this, Iranian Islamic students took 66 people hostage in the US embassy. This was mentioned only once in the book //Persepolis.//

In 1980, the war between Iraq and Iran broke out. In the book it mentioned young boys being taken to be trained as soldiers and then putting them in the front lines of the war. Some boys were taken at as young as 13. This picture is of young soldiers at war.

1988 was when Iran and Iraq finally agreed to end the war in a resolution made by the UN.

This is about when the Islamic revolution stopped in //Persepolis.// The laws about women's clothing still are enforced today, but people there don't mind wearing veils as much as they did when it started. //Persepolis// was told through a child's eyes so it was hard to understand sometimes, but I hope this cleared it up a little.

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