{"id":301226,"date":"2023-02-10T13:28:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T12:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=301226"},"modified":"2023-03-01T14:38:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T13:38:07","slug":"who-was-mohammad-reza-pahlavi-shah-irans-last-pahlavi-dictator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/who-was-mohammad-reza-pahlavi-shah-irans-last-pahlavi-dictator\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah, Iran\u2019s Last Pahlavi Dictator?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iran\u2019s revolution has entered its fifth month. While Iranians have clearly demanded a true democracy by chanting, \u201cDown with the oppressor,<\/a> be it Shah or the mullahs,\u201d some speak of the return of the deposed Pahlavi dictatorship in Iran. Although this is a historical impossibility, it is worth knowing who was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Pahlavi dictator, and how his policies resulted in a series of uprisings and eventually the 1979 revolution. How he helped mullahs hijack the Iranian people\u2019s revolution?<\/p>\n

Born in 1919 in Tehran, Mohammad Reza was the second king or Shah of Pahlavi\u2019s dictatorship<\/a>. The early years of Shah\u2019s reign were the hotbed of democratic politics in Iran. His response was clear: absolute oppression and tying his regime\u2019s destiny to foreign powers.<\/p>\n

To fortify his regime, Shah began lavishing his attention on the army, which he saw as his personal fiefdom. He gradually began to curtail the powers of parliament and clamped down on the press. He soon began clashing with dissidents, namely with Mohammad Mossadegh<\/a>, an ardent Iranian nationalist, and member of the Majlis who spearheaded legislation in the Majlis calling for the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, ending almost 50 years of British monopoly over Iran\u2019s oil revenues.<\/p>\n

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The Shah of Iran and SAVAK (1976) | 60 Minutes Archive<\/div><\/div>
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