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Revolutions are not perfect, and there are always negative aspects to a revolution. They do not always create a better country, or even resolve the issues that the revolution was for. An excellent example of this would be the Iranian Revolution. Other than being one of the three major turning points in the twentieth century in the Middle East, it showed that a revolution might not evolve society in a positive way. The actions of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, which were intended to improve Iran, instead destroyed a society that was once peaceful and diplomatic. During the period of the Shah, Iran was at its height with its alliance with the West. Both, the East and the West competed for stronger political and economic ties with Tehran, the inviting center of international trade and politics (p. 20). This shows the impact Shah Pahlavi made by trying to modernize the country. By making other nations crave Iran, it would make Iran have more power and it would show its interdependence and interaction with the outside world. To prevent progress, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi also wanted to modernize ancient Iran by breaking the hold of tradition, both social and religious. Also, he wanted to replace regional trade, agriculture and handicrafts with Iran’s oil resources (p.
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