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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

1919–1980 · 20th century · Also known as Mohammad Reza Shah

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941, when the Anglo-Soviet invasion forced his father Reza Shah to abdicate, until 1979. Restored to full power by the 1953 coup against Mohammad Mosaddegh, he launched the White Revolution of land reform and modernisation in 1963 and ruled with the help of the SAVAK secret police. The Islamic Revolution drove him into exile in 1979.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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Pahlavi Iran

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