After a close examination of Iran and Puerto Rico, one would think "What could these two countries possibly have in common?" Everything about the countries is completely different; save hot weather and sand. Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean, while Iran is a country in the Middle East. Yet, there is something that the two countries share, a unique nationalistic spirit, that even today refuses to die. If truly one wants to understand Iran and Puerto Rico, instead of looking for commonalties in each other, look for the uniqueness they possess as individual countries.

Persia, or Iran as it's called, lies next to Iraq and is very close to Saudi Arabia with Russia towards the north. It's climate-for the most part- is hot and sandy, and it is very rich in oil wells. Ten percent of Iran is usable for agriculture, yet Iran is still able to support a third of its population. Wheat is one of its most important crops follow

"Oh American flag, it is true that you represent liberty and democracy in our world. Here in Puerto Rico you represent colonialism and plunder." A quote said by an anonymous man during the celebration of patriot Jose de Diego. At the celebration, there was six American flags on the banisters. The man went up, pulled the flags off and after saying this line broke them. Incidents like this began to occur more frequently. Albizu Campos decided to tour Latin America in hopes of gaining support for his cause. After gaining much support, he was elected leader of the Nationalist party. One of the biggest problems plaguing Puerto Rico today, is an extreme dependency on the US. Many feel, that they could not survive without the US. Albizu, seeing this dependency, came up with two programs, one economical, one political.

Iran's population is quite diverse. It includes the Persians, the Turks (Including the Azerbaijani), the Kurdish, the Tatar, and the Arabs. Islam is the official religion, and about ninety-eight percent of all Iranians are Shiite Muslims. Most Kurds and Arabs are Sunnites though. In that two percent, one will find many different types of religions. For example, there are many non-biblical scriptures besides the Holy Koran. There is the Hadith or the Sunna as it is sometimes called. One will find Hindu scripture, as well as Buddhist. There is also Iranian and Zoroastrian scriptures, as well as the book of Moran.

Finally, someone decided to do something about the situation. That person was named Reza Khan. Khan was the leader of a small Cossack force. In the early 1920's, he engineered the dismissal of the Soviet troops. By August 1920, his small Cossack force had grown too two-thousand five hundred. Then, in 1921, Khan and his followers marched into Tehran and occupied the city. On February 21st, 1921 Reza Khan and his entourage forced Ahmed shah to appoint a new government. In this government Reza Khan was the minister of war and the commander in chief of the armed forces.

However these oils' wells are what caused European influence in the first place. Many of the events that have transpired in Iran during the 21st century were due to outside influence.

In 1907, Britain and Russia signed a treaty that divided Iran between them. Before this, both Russia and Britain had had a major influence on the government. The two countries set up embassies in Iran, and Iranian officials would not do anything without the agreement of the two countries. Because of this way of doing things, not much was accomplished. Then, in 1919, Britain made Iran a British protectorate.

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