Veto power Deputies Reformist Hassan Rouhani Sharia Dissidents personality” clause Executions Workers House “well-known Vice presidents rights violations Mass National Security Council Qanun Islamic Republic of Iran Ministry of Culture and Islamic Retribution Law Broadcasting Guidance Revolutionary Guards Internet censorship Ministry of Intelligence Basij Resistance Force Social media Ministry of Heavy Industries Poitical parties Khatami Ministry of Reconstruction Conservative Ahmadinejad Guiding Questions: 1. How are policy decisions made in Iran? Be able to out the flow of decision-making within the structure of the Iranian state. 2. What differences exist between the governments of Khatami, Ahmadinejad, and Rouhani? Of those three, which president had the most power? Why? IV. Iranian Political Economy Terms to Consider: Rentier state Inflation Pragmatic conservatives Nationalization Mercantilism Radical clerics Privatization Westruckness / Westoxication Rate of female employment Bonyads Women’s rights Nuclear power Parastatals as a means” “economy Patronage Iran-Iraq War Unemployment GDP Guiding Questions: 1. How has Iran’s oil wealth affected their public policy? V. Iranian Society of Consider: Persecution of Baha’i Social classes Women’s suffrage Religious minorities Middle class Women’s education Social cleavages Protests / demonstrations “equality-with-difference” Ethnicity Censorship of media Divorce Persian Student demonstrations Family law Azeri 2007 protests Hijab Gilaki International Women’s Day Travel limitations Kurds 2009 presidential election Green Movement Guiding Questions: 1. What are the major social cleavages in Iranian society?
Veto power Hassan Rouhani “well-known personality” clause Vice presidents National Security Council Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry of Intelligence Ministry of Heavy Industries Ministry of Reconstruction Deputies Sharia Executions rights violations Qanun Retribution Law Revolutionary Guards Basij Resistance Force Poitical parties Conservative Reformist Dissidents Workers House Mass Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Internet censorship Social media Khatami Ahmadinejad Guiding Questions: 1. How are policy decisions made in Iran? Be able to out the flow of decision-making within the structure of the Iranian state. 2. What differences exist between the governments of Khatami, Ahmadinejad, and Rouhani? Of those three, which president had the most power? Why? IV. Iranian Political Economy Terms to Consider: Rentier state Nationalization Privatization Bonyads Parastatals Patronage Unemployment Inflation Mercantilism Westruckness / Westoxication Women’s rights “economy as a means” Iran-Iraq War GDP Pragmatic conservatives Radical clerics Rate of female employment Nuclear power Guiding Questions: 1. How has Iran’s oil wealth affected their public policy? V. Iranian Society of Consider: Persecution of Baha’i Religious minorities Social cleavages Ethnicity Persian Azeri Gilaki Kurds Social classes Middle class Protests / demonstrations Censorship of media Student demonstrations 2007 protests International Women’s Day 2009 presidential election Green Movement Women’s suffrage Women’s education “equality-with-difference” Divorce Family law Hijab Travel limitations Guiding Questions: 1. What are the major social cleavages in Iranian society?