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| a full body covering garmet that most Iranian women have to wear |
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| a style of leadership that emphasizes the personal megnetism of a single individual |
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| religious beliefs of a literal nature that often lead to right-wing political views |
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| Guardianship of the Jurist |
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| devdolped by Ayatollah Khomeini, supports the notion that senior clerics have the best capacity to rule Muslim society |
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| psychological concept that focuses on sereotyping one's adversary |
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| Muslims who are convinced that their faith should dominate politically |
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| title of the rulers of Iran before the 1979 Islamic Revolution |
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| Islamic legal code that many argue should supersede civil law in countries such as Iran and Nigeria |
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| minority Muslim sect, usually seen as more militant; believed Muhammad should be succeeded by a relative |
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| majority Muslim sect, usually seen as more moderate; believed Muhammad should be succeeded by a leading cleric, based on merit |
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| current president of Iran; not a cleric; very conservative |
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| current supreme leader of Iran |
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| reformist president of Iran |
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| Muslim cleric who led the 1979 revolution in Iran and was leader of the country until his death in 1989 |
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| left-of-center prime minister of Iran; overthrown in the CIA coup of 1954 |
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| second president of Islamic Republic |
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| second and last Pahlevi shah of Iran; deposed in 1979 |
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| first Pahlevi shah of Iran |
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| Iranian intelligence service under the shah; like secret police |
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| an informal body in Iran that has de facto veto power of all major political decisions; directly elected by the people |
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| Islamic charities in Iran, many of which are controlled by the government |
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| Constitutional Revolution |
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| begun in 1906, the first attempt to bring anything like democracy to Iran |
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| a half lay and half clerical body designed to smooth relations between those two communities in Iran at the highest levels; members are appointed by supreme leader for 5 year terms |
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| the leading theological body in Iran for political purposes; 6 clerics named by supreme leader, 6 judges selected by Majlis |
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| the father and son who ruled Iran for most of the 20th century, until the revolution of 1979 |
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| Second of Khordad Movement |
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| the political party organized to support the reform efforts of the then-president Khatami in Iran; named for the day he was first elected |
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| title given to the ayatollah who sits atop all Iranian political institutions |
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| the term used by the shah to describe reform in Iran between the end of WWII and the downfall of his regime in 1979 |
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