Reza Shah Pahlavi Rules Iran (jan 2, 1925 – jan 1, 1941)

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Reza Shah Pahlavi was a general in the Persian army who led the coup d’etat to overthrow the last Qajar shah in 1923.

Once he had power, Reza Shah sought to modernize Iran & he reduced the power of the clergy (the church).


He built a national education system and opened the University of Tehran.
Gave women the right to vote for the Majlis and freed them from Islamic obligation to wear the head-to-toe chador at all times.
Men began wearing suits instead of traditional Iranian clothes.
Ordered the first railroad to cross the country to be built.

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