Iran vs. Algeria

SKIM the thesis, timeline, and SPECS table of the three other revolutionary groups. CHOOSE one of the revolutions and WRITE a comparison between it and the revolution you researched in class.

Thesis Iran: Iran's Islamic Revolution of 1979 was unsuccessful because its theocratic state was not maintained over time and its people live in fear of the now dictator-led government.

Thesis Algeria: The Algerian Revolution was not a success. Prior to the revolution, there were social problems involving race between the colonists and the native Algerians. The revolution failed to solve this problem and resulted in another. Now, there was a religious divide among Algerians as well as a racial one, due to the political instability and the growth of the Islamic Salvation Front.

There were many differences and similarities between both of these "Revolutions". First, the Algerian riots began around 1988, when twenty years earlier during 1963, the Secret Police in Iran were already trying to control the riots. Also, the Algerian Revolution lasted for a shorter time period, 20 years, (1980's - early 2000's) and the Islamic Revolution lasted for about 30 years (1960's - late 1990's). The dates of the Revolutions were different, but both of the Revolutions were looked as a failure. The Islamic Revolution could not maintain a theocratic state and the Algerian Revolution could not solve the social problems. The SPECS for both Revolutions are very different in both areas. The SPECS for Algeria were mainly about economic problems and inflation. The SPECS for Iran were mainly about the government and how the common people disagree with the way the government is ran. The problems Algeria had to deal with are more social and economic, while Iran had to deal with their government and fighting against political "corruption". Overall, the Algerian and Islamic Revolution mainly had differences in the causes, but had the same outcome: failure.