Iran Bars Non-Muslims from Cabinet Positions
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Islam, Muslims, Mosques, Human Rights, Discrimination, Prejudice
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Middle East, Iran
- Date: 1906-1907
Article abstract: The constitution of Iran guaranteed individual religious freedom but denied non-Muslims access to high government office.
Summary of Event
In the second half of the nineteenth century, Iran became increasingly enmeshed in international politics. The Russian empire was expanding to the southeast, while that of the British in India was moving toward the northwest. Iran was the unwilling buffer between those two imperial giants.
Iran’s population at that period was approaching ten million people. More than a third of that number,...
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