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Iran and Iraq Flashcards

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Reza Pahlavi Shah comes to power

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1925

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Iran as world’s 4th largest oil producer

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1930

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Oil industry in Iran controlled by

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Anglo-Iranian oil company

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Mosaddeq comes to power

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1951

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Mosaddeq Coup

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Operation Ajax, 1953

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Iranian Secret Police

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SAVAK

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7
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Consortium Agreement

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1954
Western companies to have 50% ownership of Iranian oil production

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USA economic aid to Iran

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$1.2 billion for 10 years

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Iran increase in oil revenues

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1954: $34 million
1956: $181 million

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10
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White Revolution

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1963-79

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Mullahs

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Iranian Shia Clergy

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12
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Ayatollah Khomeini exiled

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1964

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Iranian Revolution

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1979

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Cinema Rex Fire

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Aug 1978
400 killed

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Shah flees to the USA for cancer treatment

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Jan 1979

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Iran Hostage Crisis

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Nov 1979
52 Americans held for 444 days

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Iraqi Independence

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1932

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Iraqi Petroleum Company agrees to split profits with Iraqi government

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1952

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Hashemite Monarchy Overthrown

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14 July Revolution - Abd al-Karim Qasim as PM
1958

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Iraq withdrew from Baghdad Pact

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1959

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Baathists overthrow Qasim

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Ramadan Revolution - Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as PM
8 Feb 1963

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Baathists Seize Power

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17 July Revolution
1968

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Iraq Oil Industry nationalised

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1972

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Saddam Hussein as President

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1979

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Saddam Hussein’s Purge

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22 July 1979

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Saddam deports Shiites to Iran

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1980-81: 1.2 million

History Unit 4.4 (13 decks)

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