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v. t. e. The term Islamic republic has been used in different ways. Some Muslim religious leaders have used it as the name for a theoretical form of Islamic theocratic government enforcing sharia, or laws compatible with sharia. The term has also been used for a sovereign state taking a compromise position between a purely Islamic caliphate and ...
Jan 21, 2019 · An Islamic Republic is a form of government which is based on Islamic laws and religious beliefs. Although this type of political system operates as an elected republic, it is also governed according to Islamic laws. Government representatives are elected by their constituents to address traditional political matters, such as economic, trade ...
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Iran, [a] also known as Persia [b] and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran ( IRI ), [c] is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Iraq to the west and Turkey to the northwest, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman & the Persian Gulf to the ...
1 day ago · Bakhtiar went into hiding, eventually to find exile in France. Iranian Revolution, popular uprising in 1978–79 that resulted in the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty and the establishment of an Islamic republic. It came about as the culmination of decades of popular discontent mixed with economic turmoil and an increasingly repressive regime.
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Jan 24, 2019 · Iran’s Islamic Revolution shook the world in 1979, with currents that continue to be felt today. Decades later, the details of this watershed event—which redrew the geopolitical order in many ...
Iran - Persian Empire, Middle East, Shiite Islam: Outwardly, with a swiftly expanding economy and a rapidly modernizing infrastructure, everything was going well in Iran. But in little more than a generation, Iran had changed from a traditional, conservative, and rural society to one that was industrial, modern, and urban. The sense that in both agriculture and industry too much had been ...
Mar 30, 2019 · Iran’s transformation from empire to the Islamic Republic began in Khomeini’s hometown of Qom in the 1960s. One too many fiery speeches admonishing the royal family forced him into exile in 1964.
