Green Belt Theory

From the nineteenth century, [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston|Lord Curzon]] brought with him a strategy of creating "a Moslem nexus of states" in the [[Middle East]] as a shield to ward off Russian expansion.{{cite book |last1=Fromkin |first1=David |title=A Peace to End All Peace |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company, LLC. |location=New York |isbn=978-0805088090 |pages=455 |edition=First Owl Books Edition 2001 }} He proposed to take advantage of the situation by putting his British-sponsored Moslem nexus of states into place, When the Bolshevik Revolution brought about Russia's withdrawal from her forward positions. That nexus would have been a line across the Middle East from the Ottoman Empire through the Persian Empire to the khanates and emirates of [[Central Asia]] and Afghanistan in the nineteenth century.{{cite book |last1=Fromkin |first1=David |title=A Peace to End All Peace |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company, LLC. |location=New York |isbn=978-0805088090 |pages=455 |edition=First Owl Books Edition 2001 }}

From the nineteenth century, [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston|Lord Curzon]] brought with him a strategy of creating "a Moslem nexus of states" in the [[Middle East]] as a shield to ward off Russian expansion.{{cite book |last1=Fromkin |first1=David |title=A Peace to End All Peace |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company, LLC. |location=New York |isbn=978-0805088090 |pages=455 |edition=First Owl Books Edition 2001 }} He proposed to take advantage of the situation by putting his British-sponsored Moslem nexus of states into place, When the Bolshevik Revolution brought about Russia's withdrawal from her forward positions. That nexus would have been a line across the Middle East from the Ottoman Empire through the Persian Empire to the khanates and emirates of [[Central Asia]] and Afghanistan in the nineteenth century.{{cite book |last1=Fromkin |first1=David |title=A Peace to End All Peace |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company, LLC. |location=New York |isbn=978-0805088090 |pages=455 |edition=First Owl Books Edition 2001 }}

== 1979 Iranian Revolution ==

== Iranian Revolution ==

In relation to the [[Iranian Revolution|1979 Islamic revolution in Iran]], the "Green Belt Hypothesis" is a geopolitical theory that was proposed during the Cold War era. It suggests that the United States, along with some Western powers, supported the creation of a "Green Belt" composed of Islamic fundamentalist states, in this case, Iran, in the regions surrounding the Soviet Union.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gescDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT593|title=آخرین سقوط آریاها، خاطرات اولین رئیس ستاد ارتش پس از انقلاب: Memoirs of Nasrollah Tavakoli, The First Chief of Staff of the Iranian Army after the Islamic Revolution|first1=سرهنگ نصرالله توکلی|last1=نیشابوری|first2=Nasrollah|last2=Tavakoli-Nishabouri|date=21 March 2014|publisher=Ibex Publishers|access-date=8 January 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9781588140982}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rNtISWgFiWIC&q=%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C+%DB%8C%DA%A9+%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF+%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%B2+%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF&pg=PT94|title=خمینی در فرانسه: Khomeini dar France|first1=Hushang|last1=Nahavandī|first2=هوشنگ|last2=نهاوندی|date=24 May 2018|publisher=Ketab.com|via=Google Books|isbn=9781595842770}} The hypothesis posits that the intention behind this support was to weaken and destabilize the Soviet Union by promoting Islamist movements as a counterforce. The term "Green Belt" refers to the Islamic symbolism associated with the color green, which is often linked to Islam.

In relation to the [[Iranian Revolution|1979 Islamic revolution in Iran]], the "Green Belt Hypothesis" is a geopolitical theory that was proposed during the Cold War era. It suggests that the United States, along with some Western powers, supported the creation of a "Green Belt" composed of Islamic fundamentalist states, in this case, Iran, in the regions surrounding the Soviet Union.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gescDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT593|title=آخرین سقوط آریاها، خاطرات اولین رئیس ستاد ارتش پس از انقلاب: Memoirs of Nasrollah Tavakoli, The First Chief of Staff of the Iranian Army after the Islamic Revolution|first1=سرهنگ نصرالله توکلی|last1=نیشابوری|first2=Nasrollah|last2=Tavakoli-Nishabouri|date=21 March 2014|publisher=Ibex Publishers|access-date=8 January 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9781588140982}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rNtISWgFiWIC&q=%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C+%DB%8C%DA%A9+%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF+%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%B2+%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF&pg=PT94|title=خمینی در فرانسه: Khomeini dar France|first1=Hushang|last1=Nahavandī|first2=هوشنگ|last2=نهاوندی|date=24 May 2018|publisher=Ketab.com|via=Google Books|isbn=9781595842770}} The hypothesis posits that the intention behind this support was to weaken and destabilize the Soviet Union by promoting Islamist movements as a counterforce. The term "Green Belt" refers to the Islamic symbolism associated with the color green, which is often linked to Islam.