REBIRTH

flovius — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:56:26 +0000

The coming rebirth or renaissance of Iran started about one hundred

years ago and can be divided into three phases, just like the three

trimesters of human gestation.

first phase: Early 1900s with the constitutional movement leading to the

end of the reactionary Qajar dynasty.

second phase: Pahlavi period from 1921 to 1979: About 58 years of

steady, progressive constructive building of the physical and cultural

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