Book contents
- Iran
- Iran
- Copyright page
- Note on the Translation
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface
- 1 Iran under the Qajars
- 2 Three Shahs, Three Wars, Three Reformers (1797–1896)
- 3 From Revolts to the Revolution (1880–1906)
- 4 The Constitutional Revolution: From Illusion to Reality (1905–08)
- 5 The Nationalists’ Bitter Victory (1908–12)
- 6 Iran in the Great War
- 7 The End of the Qajars
- 8 Rezā Khān to Rezā Shāh: Defender of the Nation
- 9 From Persia to Iran: Foreign Relations
- 10 The Democratic Awakening (1941–53)
- 11 The Last Reign of an Immortal Kingdom, Mohammad-Rezā Shāh
- 12 An Islamic Republic in Iran
- Conclusion: Lies and Truth
- Chronology
- Bibliography
- Index
11 - The Last Reign of an Immortal Kingdom, Mohammad-Rezā Shāh
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 June 2019
- Iran
- Iran
- Copyright page
- Note on the Translation
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface
- 1 Iran under the Qajars
- 2 Three Shahs, Three Wars, Three Reformers (1797–1896)
- 3 From Revolts to the Revolution (1880–1906)
- 4 The Constitutional Revolution: From Illusion to Reality (1905–08)
- 5 The Nationalists’ Bitter Victory (1908–12)
- 6 Iran in the Great War
- 7 The End of the Qajars
- 8 Rezā Khān to Rezā Shāh: Defender of the Nation
- 9 From Persia to Iran: Foreign Relations
- 10 The Democratic Awakening (1941–53)
- 11 The Last Reign of an Immortal Kingdom, Mohammad-Rezā Shāh
- 12 An Islamic Republic in Iran
- Conclusion: Lies and Truth
- Chronology
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The toppling of Mosaddeq’s nationalist government was the leading story in the international press. Despite his role in this confrontation with a popular government, Mohammad-Rezā Shāh still had many assets to make his country a model of political and social success. The Iranian nation had been awakened to democratic aspirations since the Constitutional Revolution. Thanks to its oil wealth, the country could hope to transform its economy, which was still essentially an agrarian one, into an industrial power with means that few Third World nations had. Because of its outlier position in the Islamic world and its vicinity to the Soviet Union, it could hope to play a regional role.
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- IranA Social and Political History since the Qajars, pp. 233 - 275Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019