Iran is a country located in the Middle East. The main source of income for
             the country is oil, the one object that had greatly influenced its history. Iran's
             present government is run as an Islamic Republic. A president, cabinet,
             judicial branch, and Majilesor or legislative branch, makes up the
             governmental positions. A revolution that overthrew the monarch, which was
             set in 1930, lasted over 15 years. Crane Brinton's book, An Anatomy of a
             Revolution, explains set of four steps a country experiences when a revolution
             occurs. Symptoms, rising fever, crisis, and convalescence are the steps that
             occur. The Iranian Revolution followed the four steps in Crane Brinton's
             theory, symptoms, rising fever, crisis, and convalescence occurred.
             Numerous symptoms led to the crumbling downfall of Reza Shah Pahlavi,
             ruler of Iran until 1978. One of these symptoms is rising expectations which
             can be seen during the 1960's and 70's. The rich Shah cleared the way for
             the land reform law, enacted in 1962. The land minority had to give up its
             land to the government, and among those stripped of land, were the Shi'ah
             Muslims. Iran's power structure was radically changed in a program termed
             the "White Revolution". On January 26, 1963, the White Revolution was
             endorsed by the nation. By 1971, when land distribution ended, about
             2,500,000 fam...