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Hace 1 día · Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), commonly referred to in the Western world as Mohammad Reza Shah, or just simply The Shah, was the last monarch of Iran.
Hace 6 días · Pahlavi dynasty, former ruling dynasty of Iran that consisted of two rulers: Reza Khan (ruled as Reza Shah Pahlavi; 1925–41) and his son Mohammad Reza (1941–79). It began following a coup d’état against the Qājār dynasty in 1921 and ended with Iran’s Islamic Revolution of 1979.
Hace 3 días · Following the coup, a government under General Fazlollah Zahedi was formed which allowed Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the shah of Iran (Persian for 'king'), to rule more firmly as monarch. He relied heavily on United States support to hold on to power.
15 de jun. de 2024 · When Reza Shah Pahlavi was forced to step down, his son Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi took over, sparking big changes in Iran. One of the most important events was the election of Mohammad Mossadegh, a passionate nationalist leader of the National Front.
Hace 5 días · Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1919-80), king of Iran (1941-1979), was born in Tehran on October 26, 1919, the eldest son of Reza Shah. He completed his primary school in Switzerland. He returned to Iran in 1935, and enrolled in a Tehran military school, from which he graduated in 1938.
Hace 3 días · Initially Reza Khan wished to declare himself president in the style of Turkey’s secular nationalist president, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk—a move fiercely opposed by the Shiʿi ulama—but instead he deposed the weak Aḥmad Shah in 1925 and had himself crowned Reza Shah Pahlavi.
Hace 3 días · Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran, 1979. Mohammad Reza Shah succeeded to the throne in a country occupied by foreign powers, crippled by wartime inflation, and politically fragmented.
