Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

shortsightedness and lack of the understanding of people. Iran a country once ruled over by a monarch had begun its democratic transformation and had elected their first officials and prime minister. Mohammad Mosaddegh, democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until 1953. When Mohammad Mosaddegh came into power, he pushed to nationalize their countries oil industry which has been under British control since 1913 through the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Though, it would seem the U.K.

Ken Pollack of the Brookings Institution once said: “Remove all of the baggage- all of the ideology, the history …and look in purely geostrategic terms… it’s hard to figure out why the United States and Iran would necessarily be in conflict. In fact during the Shah’s era, before 1979- recognizing that there were all kinds of other problems- the Unites States and Iran worked together splendidly at the strategic level” ( qtd. in Addis). Initially, the United States and Iran maintained amicable relations

It was a bright and sunny day in the streets of Tehran, where my father would walk along side by side with the love of his life. He was dressed like any gentleman in the blistering summer’s heat would, but the real sight to him was his girlfriend. She was wearing a bright colored dress and her hair was swaying with the cool wind. They felt vigorous and young to be able to show their affection so freely. Despite that, times have changed in Iran and to practice that type of freedom would result in

After the communist revolution in Russia, the British install Reza Shah Pahlavi as shah of Iran in 1925 to prevent the spread of communism. Then because of his relations to Hitler in World War II the Russians and British invaded Iran again. The forced Reza Shah Pahlavi and his son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi became the Shah of Iran (White, 2014, pp. 207-208). In the early 1950s Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was forced out of Iran by leftist and Democratic forces and Mohammed Mossedeq was

The Islamic revolution or the Iranian revolution of 1979, refers to the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi the president who was supported by the united states and eventually replaced by Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the revolution. During this period, people were stript of their freedoms in areas such as freedom of speech, dress, education, and political views. Many were captured by the government claiming that they were ultimately evil and went against the well of god, their

tainted by ugly truths and misdeeds from both sides. The political relationship between the United States and Iran is not exempt from that, and is one that has a history of tension. Much of this tension can be traced to the 1953 Coup d 'Etat in which Mohammad Mossadegh, Iran’s first democratically elected prime minister, was removed and an American support system for despotic leaders was established. This unfortunate chapter in history has resulted in a culture of mistrust and betrayal deeply felt by

tension between both sides of the peacekeeping. The west and Iran under the reign of the monarch Mohammad Reza

Ajax” overthrew Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh and effectively replaced him with the country’s monarch, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Kinzer 6). In 1951, Mossadegh had nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, putting the United States and United Kingdom in danger of losing sixty percent of the known oil reserves in the world at the time (Kinzer 91). To counter this move, American and British leaders crafted a covert plot to overthrow Mosaddegh and put Pahlavi in power (Kinzer 6). The plot succeeded

returned from exile, which lead to a spiral in terrorist activity. After 15 years of exile the former leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, returned to Tehran Iran. After his return followers of his helped him over through the Pahlavi monarchy, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi who was then the Shah of Iran. This event is considered the Iranian Revolution or the Islamic Revolution. His first order, when he was back in command, was to exile all the foreigners who were in Iran at the time. This led to 1,000

rights. These rights included the ability to wear less of full coverage clothing, freedom of speech, a much better equality standing with men, having the Family Protection Law, all while making progress in participation of education. In 1925 when Reza Shah Pahlavi came into power, life in Iran took a conservative turn for all of the women and their rights. Over the course of years, the government suspended the Family protection law and released the constraints on adultery, allowing men to divorce their