* 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 )

* Reza Shah Pahlavi, until 1941

In a recent study based on Kafka's office writings, Reza Banakar points out that many of Kafka ’ s descriptions of law and legality are often treated as metaphors for things other than law, but also are worthy of examination as a particular concept of law and legality which operates paradoxically as an integral part of the human condition under modernity.

The city of Turkestan in Kazakhstan that hosts the body of the saint Ahmad Yasavi is also called the " astana " as is the city of Mashhad in Iran that is the burial place of the 8th Shiite Imam Reza.

There is a permanent salt lake, Lake Urmia ( the traditional name, also cited as Lake Urmiyeh, to which it has reverted after being called Lake Rezaiyeh under Mohammad Reza Shah ), in the northwest, whose brine content is too high to support fish or most other forms of aquatic life.

It also supports returning of current Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi as Iran's new king.

After removing the populist regime of Mohammad Mosaddeq ( which was originally focused on nationalizing Iran's oil industry but also set out to weaken the Shah's power ) from power on 19 August 1953, in a coup, the monarch, Mohammad Reza Shah, established an intelligence service with police powers.

A turning point in SAVAK's reputation for ruthless brutality was reportedly an attack on a gendarmerie post in the Caspian village of Siahkal by a small band of armed Marxists in February 1971, although it is also reported to have tortured to death a Shia cleric, Ayatollah Muhammad Reza Sa ' idi, in 1970.

The Iranian Revolution ( also known as the Islamic Revolution or 1979 Revolution ; Persian: انقلاب اسلامی, Enghelābe Eslāmi orانقلاب بیست و دو بهمن ) refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy ( Pahlavi dynasty ) under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the revolution.

He made a name for himself as an amateur wrestler, and also worked as a bodyguard for Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his family for several years.

I did not hesitate to inform Monseigneur Murtaza, brother in law to the king, and Myrza Ali Reza, also from the king's family and Cheikh al Islam, the head of the law, that I only went there to read the Masnavi, which they approved.

He was also the last person to interview Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.

He also believed the army was needed to bring about reform and achieve order, a stance he shared with Atatürk and Reza Shah Pahlavi.

It has also been used by Iranian historian Enayatollah Reza to refer to the country of Azerbaijan, freeing the name " Azerbaijan " to refer to a region within Iran.

Lead researcher Ali Reza Ranjbartoreh said: ' Not only is it lighter, stronger, harder and more flexible than steel, it is also a recyclable and sustainably manufacturable product that is eco-friendly and cost effective in its use.

Ali Reza Abbasi Tabrizi, another famous calligrapher, was also under Shah's patronage.

Ali Reza Abbasi's was also a pupil of Mohammad Hossein Tabrizi ( Mir Emad's teacher ) and later on became Mir Emad's opponent.

He met not only Ayatollah Khomeini but also Reza Radmanesh, the General Secretary of the Tudeh party, and Mahmud Panahian, the " War Minister " of autonomy-seeking state Azerbaijan People's Government, that had emerged briefly after the Soviet forces withdrew from Iran, following World War II.

Riza Abbasi, Riza yi-Abbasi or Reza-e Abbasi, رضا عباسی in Persian, usually " Riza " or Reza Abbasi also Aqa Riza ( but see below ) or Āqā Riżā Kāshānī ( c. 1565 – 1635 ) was the leading Persian miniaturist of the Isfahan School during the later Safavid period, spending most of his career working for Shah Abbas I.

His earlier works were signed Aqa Risa ( or Riza, Reza etc., depending on the transliteration used ), which, confusingly, is also the name of a contemporary Persian artist who worked for the Mughal Emperor Jahangir in India.

With the collapse of the Qajar dynasty, which had descended into corruption, and the rise of Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1925, who began introducing secular reforms limiting the power of the Shia clergy, Iranian nationalist and socialist thinkers had hoped that this new era would also witness the introduction of democratic reforms.

It also controls the paramilitary Basij militia which has about 90, 000 active personnel, and in recent years has developed into a " multibillion-dollar business empire ," and is reportedly the " third-wealthiest organization in Iran " after the National Iranian Oil Company and the Imam Reza Endowment.

It has also introduced the works of many of South Africa ’ s leading playwrights and directors, including Welcome Msomi, Zakes Mda, Pieter-Dirk Uys, Gibson Kente, Paul Slabolepszy, Mbongeni Ngema, Adam Small, PG du Plessis, Kessie Govender, Bartho Smit, Maishe Maponya, Percy Mtwa, Deon Opperman, Reza de Wet and Matsemela Manaka.

Revenue was also collected by the deputy Nawab Muhammad Reza Khan.

Reza (, also transliterated as Raza, Reda, Redha, Rida, Ridha, Rizah, Rıza, Ridho, Ridlo or Roda ;, ) is a male given name used commonly in the Muslim world, mainly between Persian-speakers.

Rastakhiz Party (" Resurgence party ", also Hizb-i Rastakhiz ) was founded on March 2, 1975 by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran.