On February 2, 1848, the treaty was signed in Guadalupe Hidalgo. It called for Mexico to cede 55 percent of its territory, including what is now Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas, and parts of Colorado, Nevada and Utah, in exchange for fifteen million dollars in war compensation.
One of the most dramatic changes in government in Iran's history was seen with the 1979 Iranian Revolution<span> where </span>Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi<span>was overthrown and replaced by </span>Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini<span>. Autocratic monarchy was replaced by an </span>Islamic Republic<span> based on the principle of rule by Islamic jurists, (or "</span>Velayat-e faqih<span>"), where clerics serve as </span>head of state<span> and in many powerful governmental roles. A pro-</span>Western, pro-American<span> foreign policy was exchanged for one of "neither east nor west", said to rest on the three "pillars" of mandatory veil (</span>hijab<span>) for women, and opposition to the </span>United States<span> and </span>Israel.[1]<span> A rapidly modernizing, capitalist economy</span>[2][3]<span> was replaced by </span>populist<span> and </span>Islamic<span> economic and culture.</span>
