

<head> Tipster Topic Description


<num> Number: 139


<dom> Domain: International Politics 


<title> Topic: Iran's Islamic Revolution - Domestic and Foreign Social 
Consequences


<desc> Description:

Document will report on the religious, legal, cultural, and social 
consequences of Iran's Islamic Revolution within Iran and abroad.


<smry> Summary:

Document will report on the religious, legal, cultural, and social 
consequences of Iran's Islamic Revolution within Iran and abroad.


<narr> Narrative:

A relevant document will provide information which facilitates analysis of 
the non-political impact of Iran's Islamic Revolution on the people of Iran, 
as well as Muslims and others outside Iran.  Relevant data on the religious, 
legal, cultural, and social dimensions of the Islamic Revolution should help 
describe how Ayatollah Khomeini's overthrow of the Shah impacted, and 
continues to impact, the lives of people. NOT relevant are reports focused 
on the human and economic losses associated with the Iran-Iraq War.


<con> Concept(s):

1. Iran, Tehran, Qom, Ayatollah Khomeini

2. Islamic Revolution, Islamic Republic, Shiite, fundamentalism, Muslim, 
Moslem

3. women, chador, Islamic veil, headscarf

4. beard, village, hamlet

5. blasphemy, zealot, fanatic, repression, martyrdom, revolutionary guards

6. Salman Rushdie, Nazia Hassan, writer, artist, singer, television

7. NOT politics, NOT war, NOT elections, NOT international relations


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