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This 4-page paper discusses the concept of ambiguity in Iran as outlined in Roy Mottahedeh's book, The Mantle of the Profit. Discussions center around ambiguity in Iranian history, as well as continued ambiguity today. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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it comes to Iranian culture. The question we need to address here is what use or place this ambiguity had in a changing culture such as Irans. Basically, the belief
is that this type of ambiguity pretty much helps Iran (and previous to that, Persia) justify existence as a pious, educated religious nation on the one hand, and a nation
that wont tolerate infidels or unbelievers on the other. This can be seen in common-day Iran, and pretty much ever since the
1979 revolution. On the one hand, the fundamentalists Iranians follow the code of the Koran which pretty much stresses the idea of the Golden Rule, or kindness and respect for
others. On the other hand, these same Iranians tend to be anxious when it comes to the "infidels," more often than not, those in the U.S. One interesting example of
this was the hostage takeover in 1979 of the U.S. Embassy in Iran by students. On the one hand, the "students" wanted a very public stage on which to vent
their frustrations with Western culture and the former Shahs rule. But this had college students in the United States at the time questioning how those who stormed the Embassy could
be considered "students." "Im a student," noted one. "I barely have time to study, research and get my assignments in on time, let alone take over an Embassy." Yet few
in Iran saw the hostage-takers calling themselves "students" as a problem (at least the fundamentalists didnt). Meanwhile, to address this question, well
analyze an excellent review about the book, written by University of Toronto graduate student Lauran Walker in 1997. She notes, first of
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