REL-2121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Savak, Ruhollah Khomeini, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Document Summary
The iranian revolution (1979: after islamic government took control of iran, the u. s. embassy was attacked, 52 american citizens were held hostage for 444 days (november 1979-january. Western involvement of iran: wwi in persia (iran) Used as a battleground for western powers. The war took a heavy toll on economy, infrastructure, and political stability in persia: anglo-persian agreement. In exchange for rights to iranian oil fields, britain would help them with their military, economy, etc: ahmad shah qajar. Britain and russian control persia, not the king: reza shah pahlavi took over in 1921. He ultimately gets tired of being under their control and starts to get close with hitler and germany: anglo-soviet invasion (1941) Reza shah pahlavi is forced to exile and his son takes power. Oil fields are taken over once again by western powers. The country is left open as a democracy: mohammad reza shah pahlavi. Wants to take back control of the oil fields.
