Persian Civil War (Eastern Manifest Destiny)

The Persian Civil War, known in Iran as the Persian Revolution (Farsi: انقلاب ایران Enqelāb-e Iran), was a civil war fought in the Persian Empire between September 1954 and February 1960. The war itself was a result of long-standing tensions between the Persian monarchy and the Democratic Workers' Party of Persia, who held a majority seat in the Persian parliament following the 1953 Persian National Elections.

The war has been a subject of many documentaries and films due to its complex nature and the mixed motives of each of the belligerent sides. The war forever changed the face of the Middle East. It also lead to renewed concerns of instability of the Middle East, especially with Turkish and Kurdish nationalism rising following the dissolution of the Persian Empire at the end of war.