* 1953 – Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Eisenhower with the Iran ian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Eleven minutes after the declaration went into force, the United States de facto recognised the State of Israel, followed by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's Iran ( which had voted against the UN partition plan ), Guatemala, Iceland, Nicaragua, Romania, and Uruguay.

In a major shock to the rest of the world, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led the Iranian Revolution of 1979 to overthrow the oil-rich, well-armed, Westernized and pro-American secular monarchy ruled by Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi.

* 1963 – Movement of 15 Khordad: Protest against arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

* 1939 – Marriage of Princess Fawzia of Egypt to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran.

* 1878 – Reza Shah Pahlavi, Iranian shah ( d. 1944 )

* 1935 – Shah Reza Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran, which means ' Land of the Aryans.

* 1919 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran ( d. 1980 )

In that year the official exonym was equated with the ancient endonym, Iran, per Reza Shah Pahlavi's request.

Protests turned into riots on 2 June 1967, when Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, visited West Berlin.

Sayyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (,, 22 September 1902 – 3 June 1989 ) was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran.

The clerical class had been on the defensive ever since the 1920s when the secular, anti-clerical modernizer Reza Shah Pahlavi rose to power.

Reza's son Muhammad Reza Shah, instituted a " White Revolution ", which was a further challenge to the ulama.

On 5 June 1963, ( 15 of Khordad ), two days after this public denunciation of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Khomeini was arrested.

* 1941 – World War II: Concerned that Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Persia is about to ally his petroleum-rich empire with Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union invade Iran in late August and force the Shah to abdicate in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

" From 1973-5, the CIA colluded with Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran to finance and arm Kurdish rebels in the Second Kurdish-Iraqi War in an attempt to overthrow al-Bakr.

In early 1979, Iran's Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was overthrown by the Islamic Revolution, thus giving way to an Islamic republic led by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

* Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ( Iran )

* The Iranian Revolution of 1979 transformed Iran from an autocratic pro-western monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to a theocratic Islamist government under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

* Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ( Iran )

In the same year, Princess Fawzia of Egypt, the sister of King Farouk I, married Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the then crown prince ( later shah ) of Iran.

* 1967 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.

* 1960 – Reza Pahlavi, Prince of Iran

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran reigned for more than 37 years ( 1941 – 1979 ) until he fled during the Iranian Revolution, which replaced 2500 years of monarchy with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

It was not until April 25, 1926, that Reza Shah would receive his coronation and first place the Imperial Crown on his head.

The movement lasted until 1933 in which the last women's association was dissolved by the Reza Shah's government.

The main Niavaran Palace, completed in 1968, was the primary residence of the last Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the Imperial family until the Iranian Revolution.

In September, the British forced Reza Shah to abdicate in favor of his son Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who ruled until 1979.

The Imperial Guard remained loyal to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi until his departure for exile in January 1979.

In addition to many articles, Bakhtiar's books " Ma Fidélité " in French ( Edition Albin Michel, Paris, 1 December 1985, ISBN 2-226-01561-2, ISBN 978-2-226-01561-7 ) and " 37 Days after 37 Years " in Persian (" Radio Iran " Publications, Paris, 1982 ) including his biography and political career until the Iranian Revolution as well as his beliefs are of special interest regarding society and politics in the Pahlavi Era and the period of riots and turbulence before the fall of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.

The main Niavaran Palace, completed in 1968, was the primary residence of the last Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the Imperial family until the Iranian Revolution. Franz Malekebrahimian worked directly under Mohsen Foruoghi in implementation and maintenance of the Palace.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the most recent Shah of Iran, from 1941 to 1979

In September 1941, Reza Shah Pahlavi was forced to abdicate his throne.

In 1941 Reza Shah Pahlavi was forced to abdicate in favor of his son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi by the British.

On 25 August 1941, armed forces of the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union invaded Persia and removed the pro-German Shah Reza Shah.

Along with the modernization of the nation, Reza Shah was the ruler during the time of the Women's Awakening ( 1936 – 1941 ).

1925 – 1941 ) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi ( reg.

During 16 years from 1925 to 1941, Reza Shah's numerous development projects transformed Iran into an urbanized country.

In August 1941, because Reza Shah refused to expel the German nationals, Britain and the Soviet Union invaded Iran, arrested the Shah and sent him into exile, taking control of Iran's communications and railroad.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi replaced his father on the throne on 16 September 1941.

In 1941 Reza Shah was deposed and his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was installed by an invasion of allied British and Soviet troops.

Reza Khan was subsequently proclaimed Shah as Reza Shah Pahlavi, reigning from 1925 to 1941,

Reza Pahlavi's siblings include his sister Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi ( 12 March 1963 ), brother Prince Ali-Reza Pahlavi ( 28 April 1966 – 4 January 2011 ), and sister Princess Leila Pahlavi ( 27 March 1970 – 10 June 2001 ), as well as a half-sister, Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi ( 27 October 1941 ).

He was released from prison after Reza Shah was deposed by the Allies in 1941.

Tadj ol-Molouk of Iran ( born Nimtaj Ayromlou, 17 March 1896-10 March 1982 ) was the daughter of General Teymūr Khan Ayromlou, and the Queen Consort of Reza Shah, founder of the Pahlavi dynasty and Shah of Iran between 1915 and 1941.

The Blind Owl was written during the oppressive latter years of Reza Shah's rule ( 1925 — 1941 ).

" It first appeared in Tehran in 1941 ( as a serial in the daily Iran ), after Reza Shah's abdication, and had an immediate and forceful effect.

An act of Vosough od-Dowleh government in 1919 introduced the use of surnames, and the practice expanded during the reign of Reza Shah ( r. 1925 – 1941 ).

Following the forced abdication of Reza Shah in 1941, the British came to believe that Zahedi was planning a general uprising in cooperation with German forces, and as one of the worst grain-hoarders, was responsible for widespread popular discontent.