Seen here cosplaying as aczar.

Oh no, they're talking about

Theory

Political spectrum Political party Government (forms of)

Practice

International relations Propaganda War

South Park Republicans CANZUK Centrism

Strike Useful idiot Family values

As usual

State religion Animal Farm Suharto

Country sections

v -t -e

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was thehereditary dictator ofIran prior to the 1979 revolution byAyatollah Khomeini. He was a strong ally of theUnited States, especially since theCIA put him in power (with the support of the Iranian military) to check the power of the Prime MinisterMohammad Mossadegh.^[1] He was removed from power in the1953 Iranian coup d'état. The coup that brought Pahlavi to power was also instigated by theBritish, who had previously had Iran in their sphere of influence and were worried about losing theiroil contracts within the country.^[2]

Pahlavi was always considered a tool of theWest, as he was put in power over his father due to an Anglo-Soviet invasion duringWorld War II. The previous Shah did not allow the transport ofUS military equipment to theUSSR, and so he was deposed.^{[citation needed]}

The Shah was seen in the West as the perfect example of an enlightened Eastern king and reformer; to be fair, he did givewomen the right to vote. However, elections were mostly meaningless in the Shah's Iran, there being only twolegal political parties,^{[note 1]} and were a rare scenario of ade jure two-party system. Even in the West there were many who were upset at how his reforms were always promised and never acted upon. Today, he is almost universally seen for the dictator he was, though most would consider his reign asbetter than that of the current Iranian government (and there were indeed more benefits than living under the current government).

The Iranian hostage crisis was precipitated by the US allowing Pahlavi to come to the US to receivecancer treatment; the secrecy around his health problems had already weakened his authority.^[3]

Some Iranian expatriates occasionally talk of trying to put Pahlavi's son Reza Pahlavi in power.^[4] He has consistently denied any such ambitions, though he pushes (from the United States) for a moredemocratic Iran.

Of interest to certainidiots, Pahlavi also held the title ofAryamehr, meaning "Light of theAryans." Because, remember: The real Aryans did not live inEurope (unless you count the Romani).^[5][6]

See also[edit]

• Bahram Aryana

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

• Politics
• Coups
• Dictators
• Government incompetence
• Iranian politicians
• Iranians
• Middle-Eastern politicians
• Monarchs
• Muslims
• Military
• Racists
• We're on a mission from God

• Pages using DynamicPageList parser function
• Articles with unsourced statements