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When and how did the Shah of Iran come to power? What was the US's role in him becoming Shah?

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When and how did the Shah of Iran come to power? What was the US's role in him becoming Shah?

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- Mohammad Reza Shah came to power on September 16th,1941
- Replaced his father
- U.S. supported Reza Shah
- U.S. became one of Iran's closest allies

( Historic Personalities of Iran: Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, https://www.iranchamber.com/history/mohammad_rezashah/mohammad_rezashah.php. )

( “Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Sept. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi. )

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- A title of the former monarch of Iran

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What kind of government did the Shah lead?

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What kind of government did the Shah lead?

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- Lead an authoritarian government
This means that he lead by using strong central government and rejected political plurality.

( Frazee, Gretchen. “A Timeline of U.S.-Iran Relations.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 13 Jan. 2020, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/a-timeline-of-u-s-iran-relations. )

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When and how did the Shah lose power? What role did Islamic fundamentalists play? Who took over after he lost power?

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When and how did the Shah lose power? What role did Islamic fundamentalists play? Who took over after he lost power?

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- Shah lost power on January 16th, 1979
- Forced to flee after protests and many citizens questioning his rule
- Islamic fundamentalists executed Islamic law and enforced strict codes
- Ayatollah Khomeini came out of exile and  took power after the Shah's rule

( Frazee, Gretchen. “A Timeline of U.S.-Iran Relations.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 13 Jan. 2020, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/a-timeline-of-u-s-iran-relations. )

( Historic Personalities of Iran: Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, https://www.iranchamber.com/history/mohammad_rezashah/mohammad_rezashah.php. )

( “Ayatollah Khomeini.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 26 Aug. 2022, https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayatollah_Khomeini.)

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- a form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture.

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- a Shiite religious leader in Iran

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- State of being banned from ones native country typically for political or punitive reasons

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- a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.

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What relation did his exile have to the Iranian hostage crisis?

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What relation did his exile have to the Iranian hostage crisis?

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-The shah's exile caused the hostage crisis to happen
- The Ayatollah sent Iranian Militants to attack the U.S embassy
- Their employees was overrun and taken hostage
- U.S. was attacked because the Shah came to America for cancer treatment

(“The Iran Hostage Crisis.” National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2021/11/29/the-iran-hostage-crisis/. )

( “1979 Iran Hostage Crisis Recalled.” 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis Recalled | National Security Archive, 17 Aug. 1953, https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/iran/2019-11-04/1979-iran-hostage-crisis-recalled.)