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53 reached in 1980 after the Iranian revolution. But jitters over the U.S. economy and the prospect of a looming recession are likely to hurt oil demand in coming months despite aggressive Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. (International Herald Tribune)
Introducing the other Guantanamo Apr 17, 2008
After the Iranian revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan developed a "Rapid Deployment Force" (RDF) at bases in the region to respond to any future threats to US and Western oil supplies. As a main hub for the RDF, Diego Garcia saw the "most dramatic buildup of any location since the Vietnam War". (Asia Times Online)
CARTER'S TRUE COLORS Apr 16, 2008
Now the fellow who set in motion the chain of events that resulted in the Iranian revolution is still hard at work making a hash of the Middle East. He's succeeding, sad to say. (New York Post -- Opinions)
The people are speaking: democratic Islam is no contradiction Apr 15, 2008
The Guardian Council had banned huge numbers of reformist opposition candidates for being insufficiently loyal to the Iranian revolution and held the poll during New Year celebrations. Election rigging seems to be in global fashion, as recent developments in Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Kenya, Georgia and Russia demonstrate. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
'I was amazed how quickly my whole life turned black' Apr 13, 2008
A graduate of Hull and Oxford universities, she worked for the BBC and the Times and was working in Tehran during the 1979 Iranian revolution. Critically acclaimed as a journalist and author, she wrote the novel My Dream Of You and moved in the late 1990s to Manhattan, where she had a one-room apartment. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Iraq violence shows al-Sadr power Apr 10, 2008
He is currently in Iran, having spent the past year there studying under a hard-line cleric who was an early proponent of the Iranian revolution in which Ayatollah Khomeini assumed dictatorial control, but al-Sadr said last month that religious leaders should not play politics. He says defeating the United States in Iraq is his top priority, but his cease-fire and other political maneuvering helped the U.S. military accomplish some of its key objectives, such as reducing violence and passing... (USA Today)
Oil peak theorist warns of chaos, war Apr 8, 2008
That 1970s shock was the result of supply disruptions caused by the 1973 Arab embargo and then the Iranian revolution. The current runup in prices reflects a more fundamental disconnect between constrained supplies and rising demand in the developing world, he said. (Globe and Mail)
US moves towards engaging Iran Mar 27, 2008
Kissinger used to maintain that the legacy of the hostage crisis during the Iranian revolution in 1979 and "the messianic aspect of the Iranian regime" represented huge obstacles to diplomacy, and combining with "Persian imperial tradition" and "contemporary Islamic fervor", a collision with the US became almost unavoidable. Interestingly, Kissinger's call was also echoed by Dennis Ross, who used to be a key negotiator in the Middle East, and carries much respect in Israel. (Asia Times Online)
Explorer Anousheh Ansari brought space down to Earth Mar 19, 2008
Five years after the Iranian revolution in 1979, she and her younger sister immigrated to the United States with their parents, who wanted their children to get a good education. When they arrived, they lived with an aunt for several months. (Globe and Mail)
Spot gold sets historic high above $1,000 mark Mar 15, 2008
Gold hit $850 an ounce in January 1980 amid high inflation linked to strong oil prices, plus the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and the impact of the Iranian revolution. After adjusting for inflation, the 1980 high is equivalent to $2,119. (International Herald Tribune)
As alliances shift, Iran wins - again Mar 7, 2008
Ahmadinejad, the not-accidental touristIsrael's concern also centers on a few key, recent developments such as Ahmadinejad's visit to Saudi Arabia a year ago, Iran-Egypt talks in Egypt (the countries had had no formal relations since the 1979 Iranian revolution) and the invitation for Ahmadinejad to sit at a key Gulf Cooperation Council meeting - a first for an Iranian leader. This year, at an Iran-Saudi parliamentary friendship meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal stressed... (Asia Times Online)
Alireza Jafarzadeh: Ahmadinejad's Iraq Visit a Failure Mar 7, 2008
The Iranian revolution has been exported to Iraq. An Iraqi businessman added, His visit is intended to reassure his followers here, but is provoking and enraging the rest of Iraq. (Fox News)
Gold at $1,000 is only the beginning, say analysts Mar 6, 2008
It was previously fixed at a record high of $850 in January 1980 as high inflation linked to strong oil, Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and the impact of the Iranian revolution prompted investors to heavily buy gold. After adjusting for inflation, the 1980 high was $2,119. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Oil retreats, but worries remain Mar 5, 2008
These were brought about by sudden interruptions in oil supplies, like the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the Iranian revolution of 1979 and the outbreak of the war between Iran and Iraq in 1980. 1. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Iran makes its mark in Iraq Mar 4, 2008
"This is a new page in the history of the relations between the two countries," said Ahmadinejad, the first Iranian president to visit Iraq since the 1979 Iranian revolution ... For years, Iran's intelligence and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were engaged in a covert war against the Taliban and Salafi Islamic militant movements (like the Jordanian-based anti-Shi'ite Jamaat al-Tauhid of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, which later merged with al-Qaeda) and made countries like Afghanistan,... (Asia Times Online)
Iranian president ends Iraq tour Mar 4, 2008
It was the first visit of an Iranian leader to Iraq since the Iranian revolution in 1979 and saw seven treaties signed. These included agreements on trade, industry and transport. (Aljazeera.net)
Investors' flight to oil pushes price to record Mar 4, 2008
These were brought about by sudden interruptions in oil supplies, like the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the Iranian revolution of 1979 or the outbreak of the war between Iran and Iraq in 1980. Also, the United States' economy was once much more dependent on oil than it is today. (International Herald Tribune)
Oil breaks all-time record, nears $104 on falling dollar Mar 4, 2008
76 when adjusted for inflation, set in early 1980 - following the Iranian Revolution. The record high is a bit subjective however - ranging from about $93 to over $103 - depending on the contract cited and the inflation calculation used. (Yahoo News -- Oil and Gas)
Ahmadinejad hails 'new chapter' in Iran-Iraq ties Mar 3, 2008
"We have lost hundred thousands of people since the 1980s and today we live under the regime of the clerics. The Iranian revolution has been exported to Iraq.". Hundreds of Sunnis also took to the streets in Falluja and demanded that Iran quit meddling in the internal affairs of Iraq. (International Herald Tribune)
Letters to the Editor - 2/26/2008 Feb 27, 2008 Oil tumbles from record high Feb 22, 2008 Oil prices ease to $98 per barrel Feb 22, 2008 Oil prices continue surge Feb 21, 2008 Gas May Pass $4 A Gallon This Spring Feb 21, 2008 Israel kills terror chief with headrest bomb Feb 17, 2008 Rare US-Iran meeting is disclosed Feb 16, 2008 'US trying to take over Pak nukes' Feb 16, 2008 U.S., Iran hold secret talks Feb 16, 2008 Feared terrorist left long trail of blood Feb 14, 2008 A powerful player on the 'A team' of terror Feb 14, 2008 What I Tell My Child About Color Feb 13, 2008 Al-Qaeda's sights on the next battlefield Feb 12, 2008 What does $100 per barrel oil mean for us? Feb 12, 2008 Profile: Abu Hamza Feb 8, 2008 From the Shah to Khomeini Feb 5, 2008 Iranians inaugurate space project Feb 4, 2008 Comes 30 Years After Original 'Big' Jeep Feb 2, 2008 Mayor of Tehran could become a presidential contender Jan 27, 2008 'Persepolis' Jan 18, 2008 A day of culture in San Francisco Jan 18, 2008 Moby Dick House of Kabob gets offer to sell Jan 18, 2008 Decatur attorney writes book to debunk myths about Muslims Jan 17, 2008 Bush has no right of Iran war: Hillary Jan 12, 2008 Gold at record on firm oil prices Jan 9, 2008 Timeline: the Strait of Hormuz Jan 8, 2008 Obituary: Jaleh Mohajer-Esfahani Jan 8, 2008 Crude hits record $100 Jan 6, 2008 Grossman: Remember The '80s Jan 4, 2008 Gold hits a record, but nobody's pulling tooth fillings Jan 3, 2008 Gold firms near record highs Jan 3, 2008 Oil breaks through $100 a barrel level for first time Jan 3, 2008 Landmarks in oil price history Jan 3, 2008 Subdued economic growth amid continuing global volatility Jan 3, 2008 Gold breaks 28-year record Jan 3, 2008 Gold hits another record high Jan 3, 2008 Oil hits $100 on Nigeria violence, expected inventory drop Jan 3, 2008 Futures:• Oil Beats $100 On Nigerian Violence, Weak Dollar And Inventory Forecasts Jan 3, 2008 The Green Upside to $100-a-Barrel Oil Jan 3, 2008 Bhutto’s Assassination Must Lead to War on Islamism Jan 2, 2008 Gold nears record-high on dollar, Pakistan turmoil Dec 31, 2007 Gold Will Reach Record in 2008 on Increased Inflation Concern, Survey Says Dec 29, 2007 Iranian in India encourages dialogue Dec 28, 2007 $US1000 in sight for gold Dec 28, 2007 Oil and War Mix Dec 21, 2007 Why Iran Didn't Cross the Nuclear Weapon Road Dec 21, 2007 Pourzal: Who Among Iranians Fears the NIE? Dec 20, 2007 Iran's engagement is al-Qaeda's threat Dec 18, 2007 Dubai: Iran's Hong Kong Dec 18, 2007 2 countries, 2 films worth a closer look Dec 13, 2007 Pedal to metal on gold jewelry prices Dec 11, 2007 The New Yorker:Bombs Dec 11, 2007 NY Critics Honor Coens' 'Country' Dec 11, 2007 Five Reasons To Doubt The Claim Iran Has Shuttered Nuke Program Dec 11, 2007 Seven killed in attack on Baghdad prison Dec 10, 2007 Redesigning two women's lives Dec 8, 2007 * Iran boots out Canadian envoy Dec 5, 2007 Iran moves to pull a troublesome thorn Dec 4, 2007 Connor shows commitment to his beliefs Dec 2, 2007 The Transitory Elations of a Duped Nation Nov 28, 2007 Hike Oil Prices Nov 26, 2007 Fire officials warn of dangers of alternative heating Nov 24, 2007 Oil hovers just below $100, as US settles in for Thanksgiving Nov 22, 2007 What is OPEC Up To? Nov 21, 2007 BLowback II: Musharraf and the shah Nov 16, 2007
" Concerned-1 wrote on Feb 26, 2008 4:10 PM:Good humor by Readon, and Dude, I get you. The country may be going hell in a handbag, but we still have some lively conversations here. A good day to all. More bad news wrote on Feb 26, 2008 4:14 PM:Looks like the Bush years will finish with a bang. Oil prices are back over $100/barrel today and $4 gallons might be with us by spring. According to today's NY Times, QUOTE The price of oil has quadrupled in six years, and Tuesdays close was not far... (North County Times)
IGN's Oscar Picks Feb 22, 2008
Who we think will win: While it's a nice idea to think that the Academy might honor the critically acclaimed Persepolis, the story of a young girl's coming of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution, we can't imagine not getting the Oscar. Brad Bird's flick is the studio's best CG-animated film in years, and we happen to think it's teflon here. (IGN FilmForce)
53 hit in April 1980, a year after the Iranian revolution. "We will not just react to $US100 oil," Qatar's oil minister, Abdullah al-Attiyah, told Reuters. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Oil eases to $98 on swelling US crude stockpile-Intl Business-Business-The Times of India. Oil eases to $98 on swelling US crude stockpile22 Feb 2008, 1151 hrs IST. (India Times, India)
70 peak, adjusted for inflation, hit in April 1980, a year after the Iranian Revolution, according to the International Energy Agency. On Tuesday, the contract had jumped $4. (Aljazeera.Net)
70 hit in April 1980, a year after the Iranian revolution, said the International Energy Agency. Despite its recent climb, wholesale gasoline slipped 1. (New York Post -- Business)
NOTHING seemed very remarkable about the short, bearded man who mingled with other guests on Tuesday evening at a reception in Damascus, the Syrian capital, to mark the 29th anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini s Iranian revolution. Yet before the night was over he was dead in the twisted wreckage of his car and the inevitable assumption was that Mossad, the Israeli foreign intelligence service, had killed him with an ingeniously planted bomb. (Times Online)
The US and Iran have had no diplomatic relations since the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the taking of hostages at the US embassy in Tehran. Formal contact between the two countries is extremely limited. (BBC News -- Africa)
"By putting fingers on the security of Pakistans nuclear stockpile, US wants to destabilise the region that is replete with natural resources. Americas aggression against Afghanistan and Iraq is part of the same strategy," he told a gathering on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of Iranian revolution. Haider said that the 1979 revolution of Iran had bestowed courage to that country to stand against the biggest "Satan (America) of the time." Haider appealed to the Pakistanis to deeply... (India Times, India)
The United States and Iran have had no diplomatic relations since the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the taking of hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Formal contact between the two countries is extremely limited, although meetings have occurred, most recently between the U.S. and Iranian envoys to Iraq on security matters. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
He was considered an agent of a wing of the Revolutionary Guards, which the United States says has sponsored terrorist attacks around the world since the Iranian revolution ... American intelligence officials believe that Hezbollah and the Islamic Jihad Organization, working with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, had a list of American facilities around the world they were prepared to strike whenever they received orders from Tehran. (Boston Globe)
But his real patron was Tehran, and he was considered an agent of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, the secretive Iranian military apparatus that has sponsored terrorist attacks around the world since the Iranian revolution. The Central Intelligence Agency long considered his organization more dangerous than Al Qaeda. (International Herald Tribune)
The Iranian Revolution by Abbas. posted Feb. 4, 2008. (Slate)
All the same, al-Qaeda is aware it doesn't have the following such as the Iranian revolution had in 1979 when the Shah was swept out of power. Al-Qaeda's strength in urban centers is estimated at not much more than a few thousand. (Asia Times Online)
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He was heavily influenced by the Iranian revolution, as were Osama Bin Laden and others. Muslim thinkers were calling for Islamic states in Islamic lands. (BBC News)
Magnum Video: The Iranian Revolution ... The Iranian Revolution by Abbas. (Slate)
The BBC's Jon Leyne in Tehran says it is a highly symbolic moment for the launch, on the 29th anniversary of the Iranian revolution and there has been much patriotic music on TV as it reported the story. The space centre, at an unidentified desert location, includes an underground control station and launch pad for the satellite which will be named Omid (Hope). (BBC News -- Africa)
It was powered by an array of different engines during its life span, reflecting the conflicting demands of customers who wanted stump-pulling power, but who also faced the gas shortage and high fuel prices -- that followed the Iranian revolution. The company used four-, six-, and eight-cylinder engines from parent company American Motors Co., as well as a GM-sourced four-cylinder. (Wall Street Journal)
Against that, his aides said, he was the first police chief since the Iranian Revolution to bring female officers into the force. Ghalibaf did not take issue with the description of "authoritarian modernizer." Before making an administrative decision, he said, he consults widely but, once the decision is made, "we go forward strongly.". (International Herald Tribune)
Based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel, Persepolis tells the story of the Iranian revolution through the eyes of Marjane, a feisty little girl. Her joy, her frustrations, her terror and her heartbreak are as vivid in the mostly black-and-white drawings as those portrayed by any real-life actor. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Growing up in an Iran ruled by the Shah, Satrapi's world was shattered by the Iranian Revolution, and when she was sent by her parents to the safety of Austria for her schooling, the clash of cultures was almost too much for her. The blocky and almost crude animation matches the style of the novel, and it's remarkable how much intensity and human warmth is conveyed through such rudimentary figures. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Daryoush, who moved from Iran in 1975 to go to The George Washington University, said he stayed in the U.S. after the Iranian revolution in 1979. He opened the first Moby Dick in Bethesda in 1987 and changed the menu in 1989. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Moezzi, who lives in a condo near Emory University with her husband Michael Lenard, two cats (Olyan and Talula) and a great many books, is an Iranian-American, the daughter of two physicians who came to this country after the Iranian revolution. She's an attorney who doesn't practice law at the moment, a self-described activist, a devout Muslim whose Apple laptop sports a large bumper sticker that reads, in Arabic, "All praise is due to God.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
However, Clinton, who was campaigning in the West Coast and in the State of California, defended her vote in Senate to sanction the Iranian Revolution Guards as a terrorist outfit. Stressing that Iran responded to "carrots and sticks", Clinton said "designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terror organisation, which does, in my view, fit the reality, gave us another tool to use, if we pursue diplomacy, whic 00004000 h is what I'm advocating." ... She stressed that Iran's "real decisions"... (India Times, India)
The so-called "flight to quality" has been so strong that gold has been breaching prices last seen during the midst of the inflation crisis in 1980, when it was feared the Iranian revolution may lead to runaway oil prices. Gold prices have been on an upward trend since the late 1990s and that looks set to continue because demand is on the increase at a time when there is no sign of any great increase in global gold output, analysts said. (BBC News -- Business)
Since the Iranian revolution, in 1979, and the ensuing Iran-Iraq war, it has been the focus of repeated military tension between Iran and the west, particularly the US.. October 1987 US warships destroy an Iranian oil platform after an Iranian missile injures 18 crew on a US oil tanker. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
The advent of the Iranian revolution breathed new hope into her life and, after some hesitation, the family returned to Iran in 1980. There, in her absence, Parviz Natel-Khanlari, perhaps the most prominent literary figure of the 1950s and 60s, had published several of her poems in his journal Sokhan, and there Zendeh-Rud had made a brief appearance before being banned by state censorship apparatus. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
That would put prices within the range of inflation-adjusted highs set after the Iranian revolution in the early 1980s. Depending on how the adjustment is calculated, $38 a barrel then would be worth $96 to $103 or more today. (Canada.com)
From the moment of the Iranian Revolution and seizure of hostages in the U.S. Embassy, Washington has tried to topple the Shi'ite government in Tehran. In the current Iran hysteria, how many Americans realize that the U.S. has already been at war with Iran. (Zmag.org)
Industrial economies were reeling from the second of two oil shocks, triggered by the 1979 Iranian revolution and the start of the Iran-Iraq war. Srodes says one large mining company played on the fears with a full-page advertisement in newspapers showing a grim donkey cart pulling a bedraggled family towards a border checkpoint. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Gold was fixed at a record high of $850 an ounce in January 1980 as a surge in inflation linked to strong oil prices, Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and the impact of the Iranian revolution sparked buying by investors. After adjusting for inflation, the 1980 record price was $2,079 an ounce at 2006 prices, while the real average price in 1980 has been calculated at $1,503, precious metals consultancy GFMS Ltd said. (International Herald Tribune)
Oil is now within reach of its historic inflation-adjusted high reached in April 1980 in the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, when oil prices jumped to the equivalent of $102 a barrel in today's money. Unlike the oil shocks of the 1970s and 1980s, which were caused by sudden interruptions in oil supplies from the Middle East, the current surge is fundamentally different. (International Herald Tribune)
The combination of the Iranian revolution and the Iran-Iraq war caused crude oil prices to more than double from $14 in 1978 to $35 in 1981. Higher oil prices led to a reduction in demand as consumers and industry looked at ways of becoming more energy-efficient. (BBC News -- Business)
26 per barrel in mid-November 2007, almost the same level in real terms as in 1979, the highest in history and reached during the Iranian revolution. In the short term, prices will pull back due to some temporary factors. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
The yellow metal spiked to its record in 1980 as investors rushed to buy gold because of high inflation sparked by soaring oil prices amid the Iranian revolution. Gold rallied "as the dollar remained in negative territory while safe-haven related buying continued to be seen in reaction to violence in Pakistan," said James Moore of thebulliondesk. (iAfrica.com)
Gold hit a previous record high of $850 an ounce in January 1980 as investor purchases were sparked by a surge in inflation linked to strong oil prices, Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and the impact of the Iranian revolution. After adjusting for inflation, the 1980 record price was $2,079 an ounce at 2006 prices, while the real average price in 1980 was $1,503, metals consultancy GFMS Ltd said. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
At that time, following the Iranian revolution and the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war, oil traded in the high $30-a-barrel range, the equivalent of between $92 and around $103 a barrel in current prices, depending on the contract cited and the inflation calculation used. Retail gasoline prices have not risen as fast as oil prices over the last few months, largely due to weak demand. (Yahoo News -- Oil and Gas)
70 hit in April 1980, a year after the Iranian revolution. London Brent crude rose $3. (Investors Business Daily)
81 (set in April 1980 after the Iranian revolution). "$100 is a symbolic number," says John DeCicco, a senior fellow at Environmental Defense. (Time.com)
What most of the wags don t get is that Pakistan and the 30-plus year battle for its soul has spawned many of the world s recent malignancies and conflicts: The Iranian Revolution, the rise of radical Islamism, and the proliferation of Al Qaeda and its various offshoots, including Osama Bin Laden himself. Arguably, it all started with the execution of Benazir s father, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto nearly 30 years ago. (Human Events Online)
Gold hit a record high at $850 January 1980 on high inflation linked to high oil prices, Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and the effects of the Iranian revolution. After adjusting for inflation, that level was equal to $2,079 at 2006 prices. (ABC News -- Wire)
20 an ounce in London this year, its best year since 1979, when the Iranian revolution crippled crude- oil exports and U.S. inflation surpassed 13 percent. I do see gold hitting a new high at some point in the first half,'' said UBS AG's John Reade, who is tied as the most- accurate analyst in the London Bullion Market Association's 2007 gold-price forecast. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
As Jahanbegloo recalls it now, the violence of the 1979 Iranian revolution kindled his interest in nonviolent ways of making change, though it was not until the early 1990s, when he returned home to Tehran, that his mind returned to the philosophers of nonviolence. In 1998 he wrote a book on Gandhi; in 1999 a book on nonviolence. (International Herald Tribune)
50 an ounce in London in the year to December 26, its best year since 1979 when the Iranian revolution crippled crude oil exports and US inflation exceeded 13 per cent.. "I do see gold hitting a new high at some point in the first half," said UBS's John Reade, who is tied as the most accurate analyst in the London Bullion Market Association's 2007 gold price forecast. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
We do know this: Since the Iranian revolution of 1979, Islamism and terrorism have proliferated, as has Americas dependence on a uniquely strategic commodity controlled by regimes whose ultimate goal is Death to America ... We do know this: Since the Iranian revolution of 1979, Islamism and terrorism have proliferated, as has Americas dependence on a uniquely strategic commodity controlled by regimes whose ultimate goal is Death to America. (Townhall.com)
After the Iranian Revolution, the Ayatollah Khomeini determined that nuclear research was incompatible with Islam. But Saddam Hussein also took control of Iraq in 1979, instigating war with Iran shortly afterward. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI's registered U.S. lobbyist until it was banned here in 2003, went even farther in a Fox News interview and claimed that Iran's nuclear program is managed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps scientists ... Founded in 1965 as a popular and progressive Muslim urban guerrilla group to help overthrow Iran's U.S.-backed monarchy, MEK took part in the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79. (Zmag.org)
To counter the anti-American Iranian revolution, Iraq was supported by Arab states such as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to wage a decade-long war against Iran. At the same time, isolated yet oil-rich Iran became a haven for Islamic opposition or Islamic militant groups from across the Arab world. (Asia Times Online)
Many of them immigrated after the Iranian revolution when the Shah was overthrown, planning to continue to Europe and North America. But many were also taken by the relaxed Dubai lifestyle and incentives offered new residents. (Newsmax)
The two films each feature historic events from 1979 that continue to haunt us today: the Iranian Revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan ... A glimpse of life in IranNow, even as our political leaders tell us that war with Iran is still possible, American audiences can get a peek at what life was like before, during and after the Iranian Revolution thanks to Persepolis, an animated, French-language feature, co-directed by Marjane Satrapi from her brilliant two-volume graphic... (MSNBC -- News)
As these and other concerns mounted over the past few months, investors pushed gold above $800 an ounce for the first time since 1980, when oil shocks, stagflation, and the Iranian Revolution shook investors. "When folks are looking for a relatively safe place to invest," said Mike Helmar, senior economist at in West Chester, Pa. (Boston Globe)
This assessment may yet prove to be no more accurate than past American intelligence evaluations of Iran (the Shahs rule is stable; the Iranian Revolution has reliable moderates; if the United States invades Iraq, Iran will react passively). But, taken at face value, the findings expose some of the bluff, humbug, and extremism that have often dominated nuclear diplomacy between the Bush Administration and Tehran. (MSNBC -- Politics)
NY CRITICS HONOR COENS' 'COUNTRY. Men" copped best picture honors yesterday from the New York Film Critics Circle, which also cited Joel and Ethan Coen as best directors and writers of the best...". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Since the first days of the Iranian revolution, when Ayatollah Khomeini's "students" seized our embassy in Tehran and held U.S. diplomats (among their ranks were CIA implants) hostage for 444 days, America has had no diplomatic base from which to launch its espionage operations ... Ali-Reza Asgari, a longtime general in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, is rumored to be one such defector. (Investors Business Daily)
The negotiations ended a diplomatic freeze dating back to the overthrow of the Shah in the 1979 Iranian revolution. Washington has accused Iran of supplying weapons and training for militias in Iraq, including bombs and missiles used to kill US troops, although US forces say the number of attacks they believe to be linked to Iran has declined over recent months. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Newsha Tavakolian / For The TimesAfter the Iranian revolution Sudaveh, left, lost her job and decided to design clothes ... Newsha Tavakolian / For The TimesAfter the Iranian revolution Sudaveh, left, lost her job and decided to design clothes ... A wealthy, fashionable woman from north Tehran, Sudaveh had no idea how to act when the morality police would show up at her clothing factory in the first years of the Iranian revolution. (Los Angeles Times)
Relations have been frosty since former Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor helped spirit Americans out of the US embassy in 1980 before they could be taken hostage shortly after the Iranian revolution. The Foreign Affairs statement says Ottawa will continue to monitor the well-being of the other embassy staff in Tehran. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
US strategy toward Iran, which includes designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization and implementing a new round of unilateral sanctions ... During the initial phase of the Iranian Revolution, the MEK was significantly influenced by Marxist theories and concepts of exploitation and class struggle, and particular emphasis was placed on Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara and their ideas of guerrilla warfare. (Asia Times Online)
America made possible the Islamic radicalism of the 21st century with its failure to see and respond to what was taking place with the Iranian revolution in the late 1970s and the subsequent creation of terror organizations such as Hezbollah. Today, we face millions of people looking to destroy the United States. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Unlike Ayatollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leaser of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Obenewaa does not impose fatwas. Do I. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
The Iranian revolution in 1979 was responsible for the second major oil shock. The departure of the Shah of Iran put the regime of Ayatollah Khomeini in control. (India Times, India)
In 1980, when the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis forced the price of oil to its previous inflation-adjusted record, house fires in the United States climbed to 734,000, the highest level in three decades, according to the National Fire Protection Association. . (Concord Monitor)
29 a barrel, less than $2 below their record high, in inflation-adjusted terms, reached in 1980 after the Iranian revolution. Trading was nervous ahead of weekly oil stock data in the US, which consumes a quarter of the world's oil. (Guardian Unlimited)
" Which is contrary to the Saudis private position today and their actions over the past 34 years as a major OPEC member. A few years after the dollar exchange rates were left to float in 1970, OPEC nations began to nationalize oil production companies. In a matter of weeks, oil prices went from $2.50/barrel to $11/barrel. On October 6, 1973 the Arab nations attacked Israel in what came to be called the Yom Kippur War. For the first few days, the fate of Israel was very much in doubt 00004000 .... (Human Events Online)
What is happening today in Pakistan takes me back to the time when the Iranian revolution was brewing, when I was the desk officer for Iran on the U.S. National Security Council. The ultimate reason for the U.S. policy failure at the time of the Iranian revolution was the fact that the United States had placed enormous trust and responsibility on the person of the shah of Iran ... One of the obstacles to confronting the Iranian revolution at an early stage - regardless of whether or not that... (International Herald Tribune)
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