The Iranian Revolution

of income for the country is oil, the one object that had greatly

influenced its history. Iran's present government is run as an Islamic

Republic. A president, cabinet, judicial branch, and Majilesor or

legislative branch, makes up the governmental positions. A revolution

that overthrew the monarch, which was set in 1930, lasted over 15

years. Crane Brinton's book, An Anatomy of a Revolution, explains set

of four steps a country experiences when a revolution occurs.

Symptoms, rising fever, crisis, and convalescence are the steps that

occur. The Iranian Revolution followed the four steps in Crane

Brinton's theory, symptoms, rising fever, crisis, and convalescence

Numerous symptoms led to the crumbling downfall of Reza Shah

Pahlavi, ruler of Iran until 1978. One of these symptoms is rising

expectations which can be seen during the 1960's and 70's. The rich

Shah cleared the way for the land reform law, enacted in 1962. The

land minority had to give up its land to the government, and among

those stripped of land, were the Shi'ah Muslims. Iran's power

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