Mohammad Reza Shah Rules Iran (2 jan 1941 ano – 16 jan 1979 ano)

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In 1941, the British and the Soviets forced Reza Shah Pahlavi out of power and his twenty-one-year-old son, Mohammad Reza, replaced him as shah.
Early on, Mohammad Reza Shah was heavily influenced by the British, who still controlled the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Most of the money produced by Iran’s oil industry went to the British.

In 1951, Iranian politician Muhammad Musaddiq spoke out against the British control and many supported this stance.
In response, the Iranian government nationalised the oil industry.
In 1953, the British began a boycott of Iranian oil.
People lost jobs and the nation’s oil industry suffered.
Supporters of Musaddiq (now Iran’s prime minister) fought supporters of the shah. The shah fled the country.

In 1953, The British convinced the U.S. to help remove Musaddiq from office.
He was forced out and Reza Shah returned.
The oil industry was denationalised, only now the British did not control it all. The U.S. now had 40% control.

Like his father, Reza Shah wanted to modernize the country—schools, hospitals, roads, etc. Women could now hold public office.
He also, however, grew more and more dictatorial.
The Shah outlawed all political parties but his own. Freedom of speech was limited—those who spoke out against him were imprisoned, while some were killed.
Meanwhile, the economy suffered.

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