The emergence of hardliners reflected three broader shifts: Disillusionment with politics led many, especially young Iranians and women, to boycott the poll. And a second generation of revolutionaries hardened by the Iran-Iraq War, largely laymen, began to challenge the clerics who ended the monarchy. The fifth phase began with the election of President Hassan Rouhani, a cleric and former national security advisor. Rouhani represented the rise of realists and centrists in both foreign and domestic policies.
He worked to undo years of economic mismanagement bringing down inflation from nearly 40 percent to under 10 percent in his first term. Iran agreed to dismantle facilities, reduce enrichment and allow U. In , Rouhani won a second term with 57 percent of the vote. This timeline was assembled with the help of graphic research by Lindsay Jodoin and Farah Oraby, and editorial research by Garrett Nada. Earlier this year, Russia, China and Pakistan affirmed that the future of Afghanistan should be decided through dialogue and political negotiations.
How will they engage with the Taliban now? Type: Analysis and Commentary. Hard-liner Ebrahim Raisi won Iran's presidential election amid a historically low turnout on June Embassy in Tehran, seizing its personnel as hostages. Student protestors climb over the gate to the U. Embassy in Tehran on November 4, President Jimmy Carter sends emissaries with a personal note to Iran to negotiate the release of the hostages, but they are refused entry.
Operation Eagle Claw: Embassy hostage rescue mission fails , after sandstorms cause the crash of one of the helicopters and the death of eight U. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance announces his resignation, submitted to President Carter four days before the rescue operation was launched. Iraq invades Iran, setting off an eight-year conflict that resulted in hundreds of thousands of casualties on both sides.
All remaining U. The agreement unfreezes Iranian assets, lifts other U. Former Iranian hostages and their families disembark their plane upon their arrival at Andrews Air Force Base.
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Related Topics Iran. More on Iran. Document, Appendix B, page Norman Schwartzkopf, the Shah refuses to sign the C. Zahedi as the new prime minister of Iran. Word of the shah's support for the coup spreads quickly in Iran. Zahedi goes into hiding. Zahedi announces that he is the prime minister. To support this claim, C. The shah announces that he indeed signed the decrees. As a result, supporters of the Shah begin gathering in the streets, and another coup begins.
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