What was the government in Iran after 1979?
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After the fall of the U.S.-supported Shah of Iran, an Islamic Fundamentalist regime took over power, led by the previously exiled Ayatollah Khomeini.
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Ronald Reagan was president from 1980 - 1988.
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I am a liberal and I agree with you that the Iranian parliament is very repressive. They abuse Human Rights and force religion on their population (hmmm sounds like a slightly less democratic version of the US!)
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If you ignore recent politics, Iran.
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The capital of Iran is Tehran.  The links below will give you some more information.
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Iran was a U.S. ally until the Islamic Revolution in 1979.  When they deposed the Shah of Iran and his wife from power we gave them sancuary in the U.S.  As a result students stormed the U.S. Embassy and held the entire staff 40 some people hostage for 444 days before releasing them.  We supported Saddam's Iraq in the war between Iran and Iraq that lasted for 7 years, however we did sell some arms to Iran during the Reagan Presidency thus causing the Iran -Contra Scandal.  The Iranian people have what is close to an Islamic state and are currently thumbing their nose at the worlds nations questions about their Nuclear Program. They are saying if the Nations insist on Arms Inspectors to be allowed access to what they are doing, then they will not allow them in and go full force into the project.  Their current President is also sponsoring a conference to discuss the myth that we call the Holocust.\n\n1) From the above stated I believe that the Iranian people have what they are calling a democracy, in which the people have very little say.\n\n2) From the above stated I believe that the Iranian government is led by those that are more than a few bricks shy of a full load.
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I think it's important to remember that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has no significant power in creating the country's policies.  \n\nThe President of Iran is democraticaly elected, but can only run for election if approved by a twelve member panel called the Guardian Council.  \nThe members of the Guardian Council are appointed by a Supreme Leader, a religious official.  \nBesides nominating presidential candidates, the Guardian Coucil also approves candidates to the Assembly of Experts.  The Assembly are religious leaders, or mujtahids.  They are responsible for supervising and electing the Supreme Leader.  \n\nThe President of Iran has some power to influence foreign policy, but not on the level of the American president.  His position would be analogous to the US Secretary of State.  He is the representative of Iran's people, their voice to the rest of the world, not the leader of their government.
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The Iran national football team is the national team of Iran and is controlled by the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation and is one of the strongest teams in Asia. Iran play their home games in the massive Azadi (Freedom) Stadium which was built in the mid 1970s with a capacity of over 100,000. Iran is also known as Team Melli.\n\nIran won the Asian Cup three times in a row (1968, 1972, 1976) and have finished third four times. In 1978, Iran made its first appearance in the World Cup and lost two of their three group stage games against the Netherlands and Peru. However, they managed to create a shocker by drawing against the famous Scotland side 1-1 on a late Iraj Danaeifard goal.\n\nAfter the 1979 Revolution, football was somewhat neglected and cast aside during the mid 1980s due to internal unrest and the Iran-Iraq War although rumors saying that Iran didn't play football during that time are untrue. Football managed to make its revival in the early 1990s with new talent like Ali Daei, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Khodadad Azizi and Karim Bagheri. In November 1997, Iran qualified for the 1998 World Cup after beating Australia in a controversial playoff series. Both games finished undecided, but Iran qualified due to the away goals rule. Iran held Australia to a 1-1 draw at home, and a 2-2 draw in Melbourne. Because Iran scored more away goals than Australia they qualified for the 1998 World Cup. Iran recorded their first win in the World Cup final tournament in 1998, 2-1 against the USA.\n\nThis Iran vs USA World Cup match was preheated with much excitement on both sides because of the countries political stance on each other after the Revolution in Iran. However, in an act of defiance against all forms of hatred or politics in sports both sides took ceremonial pictures embracing each other and gave each other gifts and flowers before kickoff.\n\nThe number of "footy fanatics" in Iran has increased exponentially in the last two decades. Football can be seen everywhere in Iran. Kids playing football in narrow streets is a very common sight, particularly south and east of Tehran. This style of football named "gol-koocheak" ("small-net") is normally played with the signature purple or red and white balls sold almost in every Iranian "dokoon" or convenience store. Street football is usually played with "dolayeh" ("two-layered") or "selayeh" (triple-layered) plastic balls, because the single rubber ball alone is hard to control. One plastic ball is cut and the other is forced into its hard plastic shell to make a "dolayeh" plastic ball. Because street football is played in small, closed areas (and often with very small nets) children who play football in Iran's streets and similarly Iranian footballers are technically gifted.\n\nOn June 8, 2005, Iran together with Japan became the first country to qualify for the 2006 World Cup making it Iran's 3rd appearance on the world stage of football. The qualification round both in 2001 and 2004-05 resulted in mass celebrations, hysteria and rioting causing internal chaos and unrest between youth and government officials.\n\nIran are, as of 2006, ranked within the Top 20 of the FIFA World Rankings with its current ranking at #19.
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We have been obsessed with it since 1979 when the Shah of Iran lost power to new politcal forces. That is when  Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini took power.\n\nAfter Khomeini's death, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taken power and has taken a very strong stance against Isreal and peace in general by buying $9 billion worth of surface to air missles from Russia and restarting the Nuclear energy program. Iran had been watched closely by the UN International Atomic Energy Agency for a number of years now but recently Iran has taken UN seals of nuclear material which they claim to be using for nuclear energy but could be used in warheads and other bombs.\n\nThe problem is that we don't know what could happen next because Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does not have a track record and is more extreme than the former leaders of Iran. This is a situation which could become worse very quickly.
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The fundamental Muslims who control Iran are not against science, or industry. they are much less corrupt than the old Iranian regime or most of the regimes in Muslim countries. they have a lot of income from sale of crude oil. however, economic growth in Iran is far from astounding, mainly because their enormous spending on the military and security forces of Iran, and the vast sums of money they spend to support extreme Muslim organizations worldwide.
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1. Fundy islam in Iran versus a secular government in Iraq.\n\n2. The US supported Saddam as a proxy-revenge for the islamic revolution overthrowing their puppet dictator, the Shah.
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Khatami was a moderate and tried to get Iran to be more normal.  The current leader, President Ahmadinejad is an extremist that will lead his country into a lot of problems.  He has made comments that threatens to make the Middle East even more unstable than what it is right now.  Iran is moving forward with development of nuclear power.  Officially the want nuclear power to generate electricity, but they have a very large oil supply.  Hmmm... what do you think they want nuclear power for?
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Iran has both a spiritual leader, called supreme leader (Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei) and a political/government leader called president (Mahmoud Ahmadinejad).\n\nIn its history, the spiritual leader has at times been more fundamental than the government leader, but right now it appears that in fact the president Mahmoud is an extreme fundamentalist.
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ahmadinejad, pronounced 'Im-a-dam-nut-job', is the ruler of Iran\nSince his election as the president of Iran, Ahmadinejad has been a controversial figure. He has been subject to various allegations such as election fraud, alleged involvement in the Iran Hostage Crisis, assassinations of Kurdish politicians in Austria, support of or engagement in terrorist activities, and Holocaust denial.\nSee wikipedia for more, including correct pronumciation.
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Cyrus R. Vance 1977–1980 \nEdmund Muskie 1980–1981 \n\nThe Iran hostage crisis (November 4, 1979 - January 20, 1981) was a 444-day period during which the new Iranian regime held hostage 66 diplomats and citizens of the United States. It is believed by many to have caused President Jimmy Carter of the United States to lose his re-election attempt, and punctuated the first Islamic revolution of modern times
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yes you can go to ts site it will give information\n\nhttp://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/world/embassies/iran/menu-en.asp
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It would have been during the 1980's during the Iran-Iraq War, which would have been under Reagan. But it my best knowledge, Iraqi chemical weapons know how came from the French and German Govt's and companies not American we provided cash and weapons to the Iraqis.\nAlso, no President supported his coming to power he just rose up and took over the Baath Party in Iraq.