Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

(noun)

The last shah of Iran, ruling from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979.

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Examples of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the following topics:

  • The Iranian Crisis

    • In 1953, the United States had assisted Great Britain in the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, a rival of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the shah of Iran.
    • Following the coup, Shah Pahlavi assumed complete control of Iran’s government.
    • In Iran, the taking of hostages was widely seen as an act of resistance against U.S. influence in Iran, its attempts to undermine the Iranian Revolution, and its longstanding support of Shah Pahlavi of Iran, recently overthrown by the revolution.

  • Energy and Environmental Reform

    • Amid massive protests, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, fled his country in early 1979 and the Ayatollah Khomeini soon became the new leader.

  • A Grinding War Against Iran

    • Although Reza Shah Pahlavi had declared Iran's neutrality in World War II, to the British and the Soviets, Iran was a country of strategic importance.
    • Reza Shah Pahlavi had been a supporter of Germany, as a counter to the British and Russians even before the Nazis came to power; the Nazis continued to woo him by providing economic aid, bringing Iran closer to Germany.
    • The failure to meet the last of these conditions led to British and Soviet troops entering Tehran on September 17, the day after Reza Shah had been arrested and sent into exile in South Africa, leaving his son Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi to replace him on the throne.