Sunday, 13 January 2019

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last king of Iran

The "great leadership of the shah" had made Iran "an island of stability in one of the more troubled areas of the world," US president Jimmy Carter declared just a year before the 1979 Islamic revolution. Pahlavi was just 21 when he ascended to the throne on September 16, 1941 to replace his father, Reza Khan, who had been forced to abdicate following an invasion by Britain and the Soviet Union which were unhappy at his neutrality in their stand against Germany during World War II.

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India http://bit.ly/2QK6iSP

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