https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q en-us 2021-04-22 17:34:17 UTC 2024-07-01 05:47:50 UTC hello@padlet.com pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449256925 Iran was ruled by a Shah. Iran was an independent country but its oil fields were controlled by a British company]]> 2021-04-22 20:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449256925 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449262688 A huge number of Iranians demanded that their government should take control of the oil fields]]> 2021-04-22 20:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449262688 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449265879 The leading Iranian nationalist Mohammed Mossadeq said. "The oil resources of Iran, like its rivers and mountains, are the property of the people of Iran"]]> 2021-04-22 20:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449265879 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449272081 He gained huge popular support and in 1951 the Shah made him Prime Minister]]> 2021-04-22 20:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449272081 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449276046 The British company withdrew and refused to allow any of its technicians to work with the new Iranian National Oil Company
(They also persuaded other Western oil companies not to buy Iran's oil)]]> 2021-04-22 20:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449276046 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449285394 The British persuaded the usa to join them in overthrowing Mossadeq. So under pressue the Shah dismissed Mossadeq and replaced him with a more pro-Western Prime Minister.
(He put Mossadeq into a trial and then he was imprisioned)]]> 2021-04-22 20:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449285394 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449293322 The Shah new government signed a treaty with the USA and a year later joined Britain, Turkey and Iraq in an anti-Soviet alliance]]> 2021-04-22 20:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449293322 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449298084 The Shah faced increasing opposition, led by the mullahs (Muslim religious leader), they criticised the corruption, wealth and luxury of the Shah]]> 2021-04-22 20:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449298084 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449305138 The Shah held a huge celebration of what he claimed the 2500th aniversary of the Persian Monarchy. Very few people believed on this claim.]]> 2021-04-22 20:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449305138 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449312323 In response on oppositon the Shah's secret police arrested, exiled, imprisones and tortured thousad of the government's critics, including mullahs]]> 2021-04-22 20:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449312323 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449318825 There were huge strikes and demostartions calling on the Shah to abdicate]]> 2021-04-22 20:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449318825 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449320724 The government introduced military rule and the next day, troops killed 500 people in a massive demonstartion.]]> 2021-04-22 20:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449320724 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449325750 There was a wave of strikes which brought most industry, including oil production, into a halt]]> 2021-04-22 20:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449325750 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449329427 Some soldiers were refusing to fire on crowds, many of them sympathised with the protestors]]> 2021-04-22 20:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449329427 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449333827 The Shah left Iran in order to recieve treatment for cancer, he never returned. So Ayatollah Khomeini returned to power with an Islamic Revolution]]> 2021-04-22 20:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449333827 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449340718 Ayatollah had a huge support but there were other groups competing for power in Iran like the Communist Party and middle-class liberals that wanted a Western-styled democracy]]> 2021-04-22 20:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449340718 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449345162 Ayatollah supporters organised in the Islamic Republican Party, that dominated the Parliament and hold key positions in the government]]> 2021-04-22 20:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449345162 pilargonzalezsoria https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449355298 Because of the actions of the USA Iranian students stormed the US embassi in Tehran and took 50 of the American staff as hostages. Ths US government declared Iran to be an international 'outlaw']]> 2021-04-22 20:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/pilargonzalezsoria/1kgdn9juzlmqve1q/wish/1449355298