Shiite Cleric

AHMAD KASRAVI_1, احمد کسروي - Mohammad Amini, محمد اميني

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Born December 13, 1901 in تبریز / Tabriz, Iran - Died: March 11, 1946 Kasravi was born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, He was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric." It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts. A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a ...more Born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, Kasravi was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric." It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts. A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a clergy and of the policies of the central government. He had liberal views on religion, was a strong supporter of democracy, and expressed them in satirical pamphlets like What Is the Religion of the Hajis with Warehouses? that infuriated many readers. His views earned him many powerful enemies such as Ayatollah Khomeini. His detailed account of the Constitutional Revolution still stands out as one of the most important sources on the events, even though Kasravi was a teenager at the time of the revolution and cannot claim the full authority of a contemporary witness that his writing at times suggests. Kasravi is known for his solid research work on the ancient Azari language and origin of the Azerbaijani people. He showed that the ancient Azari language was an offshoot of Pahlavi language. Due to this discovery, he was granted the membership of London Royal Asiatic Society and American Academy. Arguing that ancient Azari language had been closely related to Persian language and the influx of Turkic words began only with the Seljuq invasion, Ahmad Kasravi believed that true national language of Iranian Azerbaijan was Persian and therefore advocated the linguistic assimilation of Persian in Azarbaijan. In 1927-8 Ahmad Kasravi led the way in establishing the ancestry of the Safavids dynasty with the publication of three influential articles and disputed the validity of the `official' Safavid family tree contained in the Safvat al-Safa, and argued convincingly that the ancestors of Shaykh Safi al-Din, who founded the Safavid Order (tariqa), were indigenous inhabitants of Iran and were of pure Aryan stock. Today, the consensus among Safavid historians is that the Safavid family hailed from Persian Kurdistan. On March 11, 1946, while being tried on charges of "slander against Islam," Kasravi and one of his assistants were knifed and killed in open court in Tehran by followers of Navvab Safavi, a Shi'a extremist cleric who had founded a terrorist organization called the Fadayan-e Islam (literally Devotees of Islam). The same group had failed in assassinating Kasravi earlier in April 1945 in Tehran. KASRAVI'S BOOKS: تاريخ مشروطه ايران بهائی گری، شیعه گری، صوفی گری صوفیگری زندگانی من خواهران و دخترانِ ما آذری، یا، زبان باستان آذربایجان شیعیگری تاریخ هیجده ساله آذربایجان شیخ صفی و تبارش: دروغ بودن سیادت صفویان فرهنگ چیست؟ تاریخچه‌ی شیر و خورشید پندارها حافظ چه می‌گوید؟ شهریاران گمنام بهائی‌گری تاریخ پانصد ساله خوزستان فرهنگ است یا نیرنگ!؟ دولت به‌ما پاسخ دهد تاريخ مشروطه ايران در پیرامونِ اسلام راه رستگاری حاجی‌های انباردار چه ‌دینی دارند؟ ایرانیان و یونانیان

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آخوند موتور سوار سینه زن... چرا دست کش سبز نداری؟ - Biker Mullah Imam in Iran Tehran

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Please Share this video on Facebook! Thanks ;) اشتراک گزاری شما محبت شما عزیزان به ایران هست Subscribe to our channel on http://youtube.com/user/CCLicensed Mullah (Arabic: ملا‎, Turkish: Molla) is generally used to refer to a Muslim man or woman, educated in Islamic theology and sacred law. The title, given to some Islamic clergy, is derived from the Arabic word مَوْلَى mawlā, meaning "vicar," "master" and "guardian." In large parts of the Muslim world, particularly Iran, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Turkey, Central Asia, Somalia and South Asia, it is the name commonly given to local Islamic clerics or mosque leaders. The title has also been used in some Sephardic Jewish communities to refer to the community's leadership, especially religious leadership. It is primarily understood in the Muslim world as a term of respect for an educated man. Ideally, a trained mullah will have studied Islamic traditions (hadith), and Islamic law (fiqh). They are often huffaz, i.e., have memorized the Qur'an. However, uneducated villagers often recognize a literate Muslim with a less than complete Islamic training as their "mullah" or religious cleric. Mullahs with varying levels of training lead prayers in mosques, deliver religious sermons, and perform religious ceremonies such as birth rites and funeral services. They also often teach in a type of Islamic school known as a madrasah. These three kinds of knowledge are applied mostly in interpreting Islamic texts (i.e. the Quran, Hadiths, etc.) for matters of Shariah, i.e., Islamic law. Mullahs have frequently been involved in politics, but only recently have they actually taken power, when Islamists seized power in Iran in 1979, and later, in Afghanistan under the Taliban. The term is most often applied to Shi'ite clerics, as Shi'a Islam is the predominant tradition in Iran. However, the term is very common in Urdu, spoken throughout Pakistan, and it is used throughout the Indian subcontinent for any Muslim clergy, Sunni or Shi'a. Muslim clergy in Russia and other former Soviet Republics are also referred to as mullahs, regardless of whether they are Sunni or Shi'a. It has been used among Persian Jews, Bukharan Jews, Afghan Jews, and other Central Asian Jews to refer to the community's religious and/or secular leadership. In Kaifeng, China, as well, the historic Chinese Jews who managed the synagogue were called "mullahs". The term is seldom used in Arabic-speaking areas, where its nearest equivalent is shaykh (implying formal Islamic training), imam (prayer leader; not to be confused with the imams of the Shiite world), or ʿālim ("scholar", plural ʿulamāʾ). In the Sunni world, the concept of "cleric" is of limited usefulness, as authority in the religious system is relatively decentralized. The term is frequently used in English, although English-speaking Muslim clergy rarely call themselves mullahs. It was adopted from Urdu by the British rulers of India and subsequently came into more widespread use. Until early 20th century, the term mullah was used in Iranian hawzas (seminaries) to refer to low-level clergy who specialized in telling stories of Ashura, rather than teaching or issuing fatwas. Today, the term is sometimes used as a derogatory term for any Islamic cleric. It is common in Iran to refer to an ayatollah or other high level cleric as a mullah, to ridicule his religious authority. In recent years, at least among Shia mullahs, the term ruhani (spiritual) has been promoted as an alternative to mullah and akhoond, free of pejorative connotations.

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AHMAD KASRAVI_8, احمد کسروي - Mohammad Amini, محمد اميني

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Updated: 23 Nov 2012
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Born December 13, 1901 in تبریز / Tabriz, Iran - Died: March 11, 1946 Kasravi was born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, He was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric." It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts. A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a ...more Born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, Kasravi was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric." It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts. A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a clergy and of the policies of the central government. He had liberal views on religion, was a strong supporter of democracy, and expressed them in satirical pamphlets like What Is the Religion of the Hajis with Warehouses? that infuriated many readers. His views earned him many powerful enemies such as Ayatollah Khomeini. His detailed account of the Constitutional Revolution still stands out as one of the most important sources on the events, even though Kasravi was a teenager at the time of the revolution and cannot claim the full authority of a contemporary witness that his writing at times suggests. Kasravi is known for his solid research work on the ancient Azari language and origin of the Azerbaijani people. He showed that the ancient Azari language was an offshoot of Pahlavi language. Due to this discovery, he was granted the membership of London Royal Asiatic Society and American Academy. Arguing that ancient Azari language had been closely related to Persian language and the influx of Turkic words began only with the Seljuq invasion, Ahmad Kasravi believed that true national language of Iranian Azerbaijan was Persian and therefore advocated the linguistic assimilation of Persian in Azarbaijan. In 1927-8 Ahmad Kasravi led the way in establishing the ancestry of the Safavids dynasty with the publication of three influential articles and disputed the validity of the `official' Safavid family tree contained in the Safvat al-Safa, and argued convincingly that the ancestors of Shaykh Safi al-Din, who founded the Safavid Order (tariqa), were indigenous inhabitants of Iran and were of pure Aryan stock. Today, the consensus among Safavid historians is that the Safavid family hailed from Persian Kurdistan. On March 11, 1946, while being tried on charges of "slander against Islam," Kasravi and one of his assistants were knifed and killed in open court in Tehran by followers of Navvab Safavi, a Shi'a extremist cleric who had founded a terrorist organization called the Fadayan-e Islam (literally Devotees of Islam). The same group had failed in assassinating Kasravi earlier in April 1945 in Tehran. KASRAVI'S BOOKS: تاريخ مشروطه ايران بهائی گری، شیعه گری، صوفی گری صوفیگری زندگانی من خواهران و دخترانِ ما آذری، یا، زبان باستان آذربایجان شیعیگری تاریخ هیجده ساله آذربایجان شیخ صفی و تبارش: دروغ بودن سیادت صفویان فرهنگ چیست؟ تاریخچه‌ی شیر و خورشید پندارها حافظ چه می‌گوید؟ شهریاران گمنام بهائی‌گری تاریخ پانصد ساله خوزستان فرهنگ است یا نیرنگ!؟ دولت به‌ما پاسخ دهد تاريخ مشروطه ايران در پیرامونِ اسلام راه رستگاری حاجی‌های انباردار چه ‌دینی دارند؟ ایرانیان و یونانیان

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AHMAD KASRAVI_3, احمد کسروي - Mohammad Amini, محمد اميني

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Born December 13, 1901 in تبریز / Tabriz, Iran - Died: March 11, 1946 Kasravi was born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, He was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric." It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts. A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a ...more Born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, Kasravi was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric." It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts. A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a clergy and of the policies of the central government. He had liberal views on religion, was a strong supporter of democracy, and expressed them in satirical pamphlets like What Is the Religion of the Hajis with Warehouses? that infuriated many readers. His views earned him many powerful enemies such as Ayatollah Khomeini. His detailed account of the Constitutional Revolution still stands out as one of the most important sources on the events, even though Kasravi was a teenager at the time of the revolution and cannot claim the full authority of a contemporary witness that his writing at times suggests. Kasravi is known for his solid research work on the ancient Azari language and origin of the Azerbaijani people. He showed that the ancient Azari language was an offshoot of Pahlavi language. Due to this discovery, he was granted the membership of London Royal Asiatic Society and American Academy. Arguing that ancient Azari language had been closely related to Persian language and the influx of Turkic words began only with the Seljuq invasion, Ahmad Kasravi believed that true national language of Iranian Azerbaijan was Persian and therefore advocated the linguistic assimilation of Persian in Azarbaijan. In 1927-8 Ahmad Kasravi led the way in establishing the ancestry of the Safavids dynasty with the publication of three influential articles and disputed the validity of the `official' Safavid family tree contained in the Safvat al-Safa, and argued convincingly that the ancestors of Shaykh Safi al-Din, who founded the Safavid Order (tariqa), were indigenous inhabitants of Iran and were of pure Aryan stock. Today, the consensus among Safavid historians is that the Safavid family hailed from Persian Kurdistan. On March 11, 1946, while being tried on charges of "slander against Islam," Kasravi and one of his assistants were knifed and killed in open court in Tehran by followers of Navvab Safavi, a Shi'a extremist cleric who had founded a terrorist organization called the Fadayan-e Islam (literally Devotees of Islam). The same group had failed in assassinating Kasravi earlier in April 1945 in Tehran. KASRAVI'S BOOKS: تاريخ مشروطه ايران بهائی گری، شیعه گری، صوفی گری صوفیگری زندگانی من خواهران و دخترانِ ما آذری، یا، زبان باستان آذربایجان شیعیگری تاریخ هیجده ساله آذربایجان شیخ صفی و تبارش: دروغ بودن سیادت صفویان فرهنگ چیست؟ تاریخچه‌ی شیر و خورشید پندارها حافظ چه می‌گوید؟ شهریاران گمنام بهائی‌گری تاریخ پانصد ساله خوزستان فرهنگ است یا نیرنگ!؟ دولت به‌ما پاسخ دهد تاريخ مشروطه ايران در پیرامونِ اسلام راه رستگاری حاجی‌های انباردار چه ‌دینی دارند؟ ایرانیان و یونانیان

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AHMAD KASRAVI_4, احمد کسروي - Mohammad Amini, محمد اميني

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Updated: 18 Nov 2012
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Born December 13, 1901 in تبریز / Tabriz, Iran - Died: March 11, 1946 Kasravi was born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, He was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric." It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts. A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a ...more Born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, Kasravi was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric." It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts. A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a clergy and of the policies of the central government. He had liberal views on religion, was a strong supporter of democracy, and expressed them in satirical pamphlets like What Is the Religion of the Hajis with Warehouses? that infuriated many readers. His views earned him many powerful enemies such as Ayatollah Khomeini. His detailed account of the Constitutional Revolution still stands out as one of the most important sources on the events, even though Kasravi was a teenager at the time of the revolution and cannot claim the full authority of a contemporary witness that his writing at times suggests. Kasravi is known for his solid research work on the ancient Azari language and origin of the Azerbaijani people. He showed that the ancient Azari language was an offshoot of Pahlavi language. Due to this discovery, he was granted the membership of London Royal Asiatic Society and American Academy. Arguing that ancient Azari language had been closely related to Persian language and the influx of Turkic words began only with the Seljuq invasion, Ahmad Kasravi believed that true national language of Iranian Azerbaijan was Persian and therefore advocated the linguistic assimilation of Persian in Azarbaijan. In 1927-8 Ahmad Kasravi led the way in establishing the ancestry of the Safavids dynasty with the publication of three influential articles and disputed the validity of the `official' Safavid family tree contained in the Safvat al-Safa, and argued convincingly that the ancestors of Shaykh Safi al-Din, who founded the Safavid Order (tariqa), were indigenous inhabitants of Iran and were of pure Aryan stock. Today, the consensus among Safavid historians is that the Safavid family hailed from Persian Kurdistan. On March 11, 1946, while being tried on charges of "slander against Islam," Kasravi and one of his assistants were knifed and killed in open court in Tehran by followers of Navvab Safavi, a Shi'a extremist cleric who had founded a terrorist organization called the Fadayan-e Islam (literally Devotees of Islam). The same group had failed in assassinating Kasravi earlier in April 1945 in Tehran. KASRAVI'S BOOKS: تاريخ مشروطه ايران بهائی گری، شیعه گری، صوفی گری صوفیگری زندگانی من خواهران و دخترانِ ما آذری، یا، زبان باستان آذربایجان شیعیگری تاریخ هیجده ساله آذربایجان شیخ صفی و تبارش: دروغ بودن سیادت صفویان فرهنگ چیست؟ تاریخچه‌ی شیر و خورشید پندارها حافظ چه می‌گوید؟ شهریاران گمنام بهائی‌گری تاریخ پانصد ساله خوزستان فرهنگ است یا نیرنگ!؟ دولت به‌ما پاسخ دهد تاريخ مشروطه ايران در پیرامونِ اسلام راه رستگاری حاجی‌های انباردار چه ‌دینی دارند؟ ایرانیان و یونانیان

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AHMAD KASRAVI_5, احمد کسروي - Mohammad Amini, محمد اميني

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Updated: 23 Nov 2012
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Born December 13, 1901 in تبریز / Tabriz, Iran - Died: March 11, 1946 Kasravi was born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, He was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric." It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts. A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a ...more Born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, Kasravi was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric." It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts. A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a clergy and of the policies of the central government. He had liberal views on religion, was a strong supporter of democracy, and expressed them in satirical pamphlets like What Is the Religion of the Hajis with Warehouses? that infuriated many readers. His views earned him many powerful enemies such as Ayatollah Khomeini. His detailed account of the Constitutional Revolution still stands out as one of the most important sources on the events, even though Kasravi was a teenager at the time of the revolution and cannot claim the full authority of a contemporary witness that his writing at times suggests. Kasravi is known for his solid research work on the ancient Azari language and origin of the Azerbaijani people. He showed that the ancient Azari language was an offshoot of Pahlavi language. Due to this discovery, he was granted the membership of London Royal Asiatic Society and American Academy. Arguing that ancient Azari language had been closely related to Persian language and the influx of Turkic words began only with the Seljuq invasion, Ahmad Kasravi believed that true national language of Iranian Azerbaijan was Persian and therefore advocated the linguistic assimilation of Persian in Azarbaijan. In 1927-8 Ahmad Kasravi led the way in establishing the ancestry of the Safavids dynasty with the publication of three influential articles and disputed the validity of the `official' Safavid family tree contained in the Safvat al-Safa, and argued convincingly that the ancestors of Shaykh Safi al-Din, who founded the Safavid Order (tariqa), were indigenous inhabitants of Iran and were of pure Aryan stock. Today, the consensus among Safavid historians is that the Safavid family hailed from Persian Kurdistan. On March 11, 1946, while being tried on charges of "slander against Islam," Kasravi and one of his assistants were knifed and killed in open court in Tehran by followers of Navvab Safavi, a Shi'a extremist cleric who had founded a terrorist organization called the Fadayan-e Islam (literally Devotees of Islam). The same group had failed in assassinating Kasravi earlier in April 1945 in Tehran. KASRAVI'S BOOKS: تاريخ مشروطه ايران بهائی گری، شیعه گری، صوفی گری صوفیگری زندگانی من خواهران و دخترانِ ما آذری، یا، زبان باستان آذربایجان شیعیگری تاریخ هیجده ساله آذربایجان شیخ صفی و تبارش: دروغ بودن سیادت صفویان فرهنگ چیست؟ تاریخچه‌ی شیر و خورشید پندارها حافظ چه می‌گوید؟ شهریاران گمنام بهائی‌گری تاریخ پانصد ساله خوزستان فرهنگ است یا نیرنگ!؟ دولت به‌ما پاسخ دهد تاريخ مشروطه ايران در پیرامونِ اسلام راه رستگاری حاجی‌های انباردار چه ‌دینی دارند؟ ایرانیان و یونانیان

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BBC Persian Screening - The Baha'is of Iran

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Updated: 01 Aug 2012
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28/06/2011 - The Q&A; session following the Screening The films producers; Kasra Naji, Special Correspondent BBC Persian and Rozita Riazati, producer for World Service News and Current Affairs; Dr Naz Ghanea, lecturer in International Human Rights Law, Kellogg College University of Oxford; Drewery Dyke, Amnesty International Iran researcher. In 2010, BBC Persian's Kasra Naji and Rozita Riazati set out to focus attention on the plight of Baha'is in Iran; their goal was to help Iranians understand the Faith and to shed light on the extent of persecution suffered by its members in Iran. The persecution of Baha'is in Iran dates back to the Faith's creation in the 19th century. In hopes of stamping out the religion, Iran's the Shi'a clergy have regularly issued edicts designating Baha'is as enemies of God. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, however, attacks on Baha'is in Iran have increased in intensity. The Islamic Republic's three-decade history has seen many Baha'is incarcerated and executed. On 14 May, 2008, members of an informal body that oversaw the needs of the Baha'i community in Iran were arrested. Several times postponed, their trial finally began in January 2010 behind closed doors. In August 2010, they were sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. On 30 June 2010, the day the BBC Persian documentary Baha'is in Iran was first broadcast, 50 houses owned by Baha'is were demolished in a village northeast of Tehran - driving home the stark reality of the persecution suffered by Iranian Baha'is.

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AHMAD KASRAVI_2, احمد کسروي - Mohammad Amini, محمد اميني

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Updated: 18 Nov 2012
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Born December 13, 1901 in تبریز / Tabriz, Iran - Died: March 11, 1946 Kasravi was born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, He was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric." It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts. A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a ...more Born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, Kasravi was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric." It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts. A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a clergy and of the policies of the central government. He had liberal views on religion, was a strong supporter of democracy, and expressed them in satirical pamphlets like What Is the Religion of the Hajis with Warehouses? that infuriated many readers. His views earned him many powerful enemies such as Ayatollah Khomeini. His detailed account of the Constitutional Revolution still stands out as one of the most important sources on the events, even though Kasravi was a teenager at the time of the revolution and cannot claim the full authority of a contemporary witness that his writing at times suggests. Kasravi is known for his solid research work on the ancient Azari language and origin of the Azerbaijani people. He showed that the ancient Azari language was an offshoot of Pahlavi language. Due to this discovery, he was granted the membership of London Royal Asiatic Society and American Academy. Arguing that ancient Azari language had been closely related to Persian language and the influx of Turkic words began only with the Seljuq invasion, Ahmad Kasravi believed that true national language of Iranian Azerbaijan was Persian and therefore advocated the linguistic assimilation of Persian in Azarbaijan. In 1927-8 Ahmad Kasravi led the way in establishing the ancestry of the Safavids dynasty with the publication of three influential articles and disputed the validity of the `official' Safavid family tree contained in the Safvat al-Safa, and argued convincingly that the ancestors of Shaykh Safi al-Din, who founded the Safavid Order (tariqa), were indigenous inhabitants of Iran and were of pure Aryan stock. Today, the consensus among Safavid historians is that the Safavid family hailed from Persian Kurdistan. On March 11, 1946, while being tried on charges of "slander against Islam," Kasravi and one of his assistants were knifed and killed in open court in Tehran by followers of Navvab Safavi, a Shi'a extremist cleric who had founded a terrorist organization called the Fadayan-e Islam (literally Devotees of Islam). The same group had failed in assassinating Kasravi earlier in April 1945 in Tehran. KASRAVI'S BOOKS: تاريخ مشروطه ايران بهائی گری، شیعه گری، صوفی گری صوفیگری زندگانی من خواهران و دخترانِ ما آذری، یا، زبان باستان آذربایجان شیعیگری تاریخ هیجده ساله آذربایجان شیخ صفی و تبارش: دروغ بودن سیادت صفویان فرهنگ چیست؟ تاریخچه‌ی شیر و خورشید پندارها حافظ چه می‌گوید؟ شهریاران گمنام بهائی‌گری تاریخ پانصد ساله خوزستان فرهنگ است یا نیرنگ!؟ دولت به‌ما پاسخ دهد تاريخ مشروطه ايران در پیرامونِ اسلام راه رستگاری حاجی‌های انباردار چه ‌دینی دارند؟ ایرانیان و یونانیان

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Shah Of Iran - BBC Documentary, By Britain - British Opinion

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Updated: 17 Aug 2012
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~ ~ John Rand https://www.facebook.com/groups/John.Rand.Group/permalink/216033848524292/ SJARES https://www.facebook.com/shares/view?id=417382338298723 AND https://sites.google.com/site/kitkirja/iran Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavī محمدرضاشاه پهلوی October 1919 -- 27 July 1980) was the last Shah of Iran. He ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi of the Iranian monarchy. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi held several titles: His Imperial Majesty, Shahanshah (King of Kings,[1] Emperor), Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans) and Bozorg Arteshtārān (Head of the Warriors, بزرگ ارتشتاران Mohammad Reza came to power during World War II after an Anglo-Soviet invasion forced the abdication of his father Reza Shah. During his reign, the Iranian oil industry was briefly nationalized under Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh before a US backed coup d'état overturned the regime and brought back foreign oil firms. Iran marked the anniversary of 2,500 years of continuous monarchy since the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great. The Shah's White Revolution was a series of economic, social and political reforms with the stated intention of transforming Iran into a global power and modernizing the nation. However, poorly planned and executed, it instead resulted in a series of unintended consequences, alienating the general population from the government. The lower class saw many of the government programs, on which they relied for subsistence, eliminated or radically altered. The middle class saw the reforms as only aesthetic, giving them no real democratic or civil rights. While the wealthy perceived the reforms as undermining the basis of their power and privilege. A secular Muslim himself, Mohammad Reza gradually lost support from the Shi'a clergy of Iran, particularly due to his strong policy of modernization, secularization, conflict with the traditional class of merchants known as bazaari, and recognition of Israel. Various additional controversial policies were enacted, including the banning of the communist Tudeh Party, and a general suppression of political dissent by Iran's intelligence agency, SAVAK. According to official statistics, Iran had as many as 2,200 political prisoners in 1978, a number which multiplied rapidly as a result of the revolution. Several other factors contributed to strong opposition to the Shah among certain groups within Iran, the most notable of which were the US and UK backed coup d'état against Mosaddegh in 1953, clashes with Islamists, and increased communist activity. By 1979, political unrest had transformed into a revolution which, on 16 January, forced the Shah to leave Iran. Soon thereafter, the Iranian monarchy was formally abolished, and Iran was declared an Islamic republic.

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AHMAD KASRAVI_7, احمد کسروي - Mohammad Amini, محمد اميني

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Updated: 23 Nov 2012
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Born December 13, 1901 in تبریز / Tabriz, Iran - Died: March 11, 1946 Kasravi was born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, He was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric." It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts. A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a ...more Born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, Kasravi was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric." It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts. A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a clergy and of the policies of the central government. He had liberal views on religion, was a strong supporter of democracy, and expressed them in satirical pamphlets like What Is the Religion of the Hajis with Warehouses? that infuriated many readers. His views earned him many powerful enemies such as Ayatollah Khomeini. His detailed account of the Constitutional Revolution still stands out as one of the most important sources on the events, even though Kasravi was a teenager at the time of the revolution and cannot claim the full authority of a contemporary witness that his writing at times suggests. Kasravi is known for his solid research work on the ancient Azari language and origin of the Azerbaijani people. He showed that the ancient Azari language was an offshoot of Pahlavi language. Due to this discovery, he was granted the membership of London Royal Asiatic Society and American Academy. Arguing that ancient Azari language had been closely related to Persian language and the influx of Turkic words began only with the Seljuq invasion, Ahmad Kasravi believed that true national language of Iranian Azerbaijan was Persian and therefore advocated the linguistic assimilation of Persian in Azarbaijan. In 1927-8 Ahmad Kasravi led the way in establishing the ancestry of the Safavids dynasty with the publication of three influential articles and disputed the validity of the `official' Safavid family tree contained in the Safvat al-Safa, and argued convincingly that the ancestors of Shaykh Safi al-Din, who founded the Safavid Order (tariqa), were indigenous inhabitants of Iran and were of pure Aryan stock. Today, the consensus among Safavid historians is that the Safavid family hailed from Persian Kurdistan. On March 11, 1946, while being tried on charges of "slander against Islam," Kasravi and one of his assistants were knifed and killed in open court in Tehran by followers of Navvab Safavi, a Shi'a extremist cleric who had founded a terrorist organization called the Fadayan-e Islam (literally Devotees of Islam). The same group had failed in assassinating Kasravi earlier in April 1945 in Tehran. KASRAVI'S BOOKS: تاريخ مشروطه ايران بهائی گری، شیعه گری، صوفی گری صوفیگری زندگانی من خواهران و دخترانِ ما آذری، یا، زبان باستان آذربایجان شیعیگری تاریخ هیجده ساله آذربایجان شیخ صفی و تبارش: دروغ بودن سیادت صفویان فرهنگ چیست؟ تاریخچه‌ی شیر و خورشید پندارها حافظ چه می‌گوید؟ شهریاران گمنام بهائی‌گری تاریخ پانصد ساله خوزستان فرهنگ است یا نیرنگ!؟ دولت به‌ما پاسخ دهد تاريخ مشروطه ايران در پیرامونِ اسلام راه رستگاری حاجی‌های انباردار چه ‌دینی دارند؟ ایرانیان و یونانیان

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AHMAD KASRAVI_6, احمد کسروي - Mohammad Amini, محمد اميني

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Duration: 14:45
Updated: 23 Nov 2012
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Born December 13, 1901 in تبریز / Tabriz, Iran - Died: March 11, 1946 Kasravi was born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, He was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric." It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts. A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a ...more Born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, Kasravi was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric." It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts. A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a clergy and of the policies of the central government. He had liberal views on religion, was a strong supporter of democracy, and expressed them in satirical pamphlets like What Is the Religion of the Hajis with Warehouses? that infuriated many readers. His views earned him many powerful enemies such as Ayatollah Khomeini. His detailed account of the Constitutional Revolution still stands out as one of the most important sources on the events, even though Kasravi was a teenager at the time of the revolution and cannot claim the full authority of a contemporary witness that his writing at times suggests. Kasravi is known for his solid research work on the ancient Azari language and origin of the Azerbaijani people. He showed that the ancient Azari language was an offshoot of Pahlavi language. Due to this discovery, he was granted the membership of London Royal Asiatic Society and American Academy. Arguing that ancient Azari language had been closely related to Persian language and the influx of Turkic words began only with the Seljuq invasion, Ahmad Kasravi believed that true national language of Iranian Azerbaijan was Persian and therefore advocated the linguistic assimilation of Persian in Azarbaijan. In 1927-8 Ahmad Kasravi led the way in establishing the ancestry of the Safavids dynasty with the publication of three influential articles and disputed the validity of the `official' Safavid family tree contained in the Safvat al-Safa, and argued convincingly that the ancestors of Shaykh Safi al-Din, who founded the Safavid Order (tariqa), were indigenous inhabitants of Iran and were of pure Aryan stock. Today, the consensus among Safavid historians is that the Safavid family hailed from Persian Kurdistan. On March 11, 1946, while being tried on charges of "slander against Islam," Kasravi and one of his assistants were knifed and killed in open court in Tehran by followers of Navvab Safavi, a Shi'a extremist cleric who had founded a terrorist organization called the Fadayan-e Islam (literally Devotees of Islam). The same group had failed in assassinating Kasravi earlier in April 1945 in Tehran. KASRAVI'S BOOKS: تاريخ مشروطه ايران بهائی گری، شیعه گری، صوفی گری صوفیگری زندگانی من خواهران و دخترانِ ما آذری، یا، زبان باستان آذربایجان شیعیگری تاریخ هیجده ساله آذربایجان شیخ صفی و تبارش: دروغ بودن سیادت صفویان فرهنگ چیست؟ تاریخچه‌ی شیر و خورشید پندارها حافظ چه می‌گوید؟ شهریاران گمنام بهائی‌گری تاریخ پانصد ساله خوزستان فرهنگ است یا نیرنگ!؟ دولت به‌ما پاسخ دهد تاريخ مشروطه ايران در پیرامونِ اسلام راه رستگاری حاجی‌های انباردار چه ‌دینی دارند؟ ایرانیان و یونانیان

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Reza Pahlavi گفتگوی رضا پهلوی با خبرنگار جمهوری اسلامی Iran

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Updated: 09 Jan 2012
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Interview گفتگوی رضا پهلوی با خبرنگار جمهوری اسلامی معصومه علینژاد قمی بخش مسیح علی نژاد Reza Pahlavi conversation with Masoumeh (Crist) Alinezhad Ghomi Report Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia (Persian: محمدرضا شاه پهلوی ; ; 26 October 1919 -- 27 July 1980), ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Arab Revolution on 11 February 1979. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi of the Iranian monarchy. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi held several titles: His Imperial Majesty, Shahanshah (King of Kings, Emperor), Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans) and Bozorg Arteshtārān (Head of the Warriors, Persian: بزرگ ارتشتاران). Mohammad Reza Shah came to power during World War II after an Anglo-Soviet invasion forced the abdication of his father Reza Shah. During his reign, the Iranian oil industry was nationalized under Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, and Iran marked the anniversary of 2,500 years of continuous monarchy since the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great. The Shah's White Revolution, a series of economic and social reforms intended to transform Iran into a global power, succeeded in modernizing the nation, nationalizing many natural resources, and extending suffrage to women. A secular Muslim himself, the Shah gradually lost support from the Shi'a Arab clergy of Iran, particularly due to his strong policy of modernization, secularization, conflict with the traditional class of merchants known as bazaari, and recognition of Israel. Various additional controversial policies were enacted, including the banning of the communist Tudeh Party, and a general suppression of political dissent by Iran's intelligence agency, SAVAK. Amnesty International reported that in 1978 Iran had as many as 2,200 political prisoners, a number which multiplied rapidly as a result of the revolution. Several other factors contributed to strong opposition to the Shah among certain groups within Iran, the most notable of which were Regime Change of Mosaddegh in 1953, clashes with Islamists, and increased communist activity. By 1979, political unrest had transformed into an Islamic revolution which, on 16 January, forced the Shah to leave Iran. Soon thereafter, the Iranian monarchy was formally abolished, and Iran was occupied by Islamic republic. Facing likely execution by Arabs Occupiers of Iran, should he return to Iran, he died in exile in Egypt, whose President, Anwar Sadat, had granted him asylum. In the 1990s and the decade following 2000, the Shah's reputation has staged something of a revival, with many Iranians looking back on his era as a time when Iran was more prosperous and the government less oppressive. Journalist Afshin Molavi reports even members of the uneducated poor - traditionally core supporters of the revolution that overthrew the Shah - making remarks such as 'God bless the Shah's soul, the economy was better then;' and finds that "books about the former Shah (even censored ones) sell briskly," while "books of the Rightly Guided Path sit idle."

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US President Reagan On Shah Of Iran

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Updated: 17 Aug 2012
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FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/groups/John.Rand.Group/216007348526942/ ANDhttps://sites.google.com/site/kitkirja/shah-of-iran AND https://www.facebook.com/JohnA.Rand/posts/403040016425928 Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavī محمدرضاشاه پهلوی October 1919 -- 27 July 1980) was the last Shah of Iran. He ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi of the Iranian monarchy. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi held several titles: His Imperial Majesty, Shahanshah (King of Kings,[1] Emperor), Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans) and Bozorg Arteshtārān (Head of the Warriors, بزرگ ارتشتاران Mohammad Reza came to power during World War II after an Anglo-Soviet invasion forced the abdication of his father Reza Shah. During his reign, the Iranian oil industry was briefly nationalized under Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh before a US backed coup d'état overturned the regime and brought back foreign oil firms. Iran marked the anniversary of 2,500 years of continuous monarchy since the founding of Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great. The Shah's White Revolution was a series of economic, social and political reforms with the stated intention of transforming Iran into a global power and modernizing the nation. However, poorly planned and executed, it instead resulted in a series of unintended consequences, alienating the general population from the government. The lower class saw many of the government programs, on which they relied for subsistence, eliminated or radically altered. The middle class saw the reforms as only aesthetic, giving them no real democratic or civil rights. While the wealthy perceived the reforms as undermining the basis of their power and privilege. A secular Muslim himself, Mohammad Reza gradually lost support from the Shi'a clergy of Iran, particularly due to his strong policy of modernization, secularization, conflict with the traditional class of merchants known as bazaari, and recognition of Israel. Various additional controversial policies were enacted, including the banning of the communist Tudeh Party, and a general suppression of political dissent by Iran's intelligence agency, SAVAK. According to official statistics, Iran had as many as 2,200 political prisoners in 1978, a number which multiplied rapidly as a result of the revolution. Several other factors contributed to strong opposition to the Shah among certain groups within Iran, the most notable of which were the US and UK backed coup d'état against Mosaddegh in 1953, clashes with Islamists, and increased communist activity. By 1979, political unrest had transformed into a revolution which, on 16 January, forced the Shah to leave Iran. Soon thereafter, the Iranian monarchy was formally abolished, and Iran was declared an Islamic republic.

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Shah Of Iran - Last Interview

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Duration: 5:24
Updated: 16 Aug 2012
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FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/groups/John.Rand.Group/permalink/215982018529475/ https://sites.google.com/site/kitkirja/shah-of-iran AND https://www.facebook.com/JohnA.Rand/posts/403040016425928 Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavī محمدرضاشاه پهلوی October 1919 -- 27 July 1980) was the last Shah of Iran. He ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi of the Iranian monarchy. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi held several titles: His Imperial Majesty, Shahanshah (King of Kings,[1] Emperor), Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans) and Bozorg Arteshtārān (Head of the Warriors, بزرگ ارتشتاران Mohammad Reza came to power during World War II after an Anglo-Soviet invasion forced the abdication of his father Reza Shah. During his reign, the Iranian oil industry was briefly nationalized under Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh before a US backed coup d'état overturned the regime and brought back foreign oil firms. Iran marked the anniversary of 2,500 years of continuous monarchy since the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great. The Shah's White Revolution was a series of economic, social and political reforms with the stated intention of transforming Iran into a global power and modernizing the nation. However, poorly planned and executed, it instead resulted in a series of unintended consequences, alienating the general population from the government. The lower class saw many of the government programs, on which they relied for subsistence, eliminated or radically altered. The middle class saw the reforms as only aesthetic, giving them no real democratic or civil rights. While the wealthy perceived the reforms as undermining the basis of their power and privilege. A secular Muslim himself, Mohammad Reza gradually lost support from the Shi'a clergy of Iran, particularly due to his strong policy of modernization, secularization, conflict with the traditional class of merchants known as bazaari, and recognition of Israel. Various additional controversial policies were enacted, including the banning of the communist Tudeh Party, and a general suppression of political dissent by Iran's intelligence agency, SAVAK. According to official statistics, Iran had as many as 2,200 political prisoners in 1978, a number which multiplied rapidly as a result of the revolution. Several other factors contributed to strong opposition to the Shah among certain groups within Iran, the most notable of which were the US and UK backed coup d'état against Mosaddegh in 1953, clashes with Islamists, and increased communist activity. By 1979, political unrest had transformed into a revolution which, on 16 January, forced the Shah to leave Iran. Soon thereafter, the Iranian monarchy was formally abolished, and Iran was declared an Islamic republic.

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Shah Of Iran Interview 1974

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Updated: 16 Aug 2012
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FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/groups/John.Rand.Group/216032458524431/AND https://sites.google.com/site/kitkirja/shah-of-iran AND https://www.facebook.com/JohnA.Rand/posts/403040016425928 Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavī محمدرضاشاه پهلوی October 1919 -- 27 July 1980) was the last Shah of Iran. He ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi of the Iranian monarchy. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi held several titles: His Imperial Majesty, Shahanshah (King of Kings,[1] Emperor), Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans) and Bozorg Arteshtārān (Head of the Warriors, بزرگ ارتشتاران Mohammad Reza came to power during World War II after an Anglo-Soviet invasion forced the abdication of his father Reza Shah. During his reign, the Iranian oil industry was briefly nationalized under Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh before a US backed coup d'état overturned the regime and brought back foreign oil firms. Iran marked the anniversary of 2,500 years of continuous monarchy since the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great. The Shah's White Revolution was a series of economic, social and political reforms with the stated intention of transforming Iran into a global power and modernizing the nation. However, poorly planned and executed, it instead resulted in a series of unintended consequences, alienating the general population from the government. The lower class saw many of the government programs, on which they relied for subsistence, eliminated or radically altered. The middle class saw the reforms as only aesthetic, giving them no real democratic or civil rights. While the wealthy perceived the reforms as undermining the basis of their power and privilege. A secular Muslim himself, Mohammad Reza gradually lost support from the Shi'a clergy of Iran, particularly due to his strong policy of modernization, secularization, conflict with the traditional class of merchants known as bazaari, and recognition of Israel. Various additional controversial policies were enacted, including the banning of the communist Tudeh Party, and a general suppression of political dissent by Iran's intelligence agency, SAVAK. According to official statistics, Iran had as many as 2,200 political prisoners in 1978, a number which multiplied rapidly as a result of the revolution. Several other factors contributed to strong opposition to the Shah among certain groups within Iran, the most notable of which were the US and UK backed coup d'état against Mosaddegh in 1953, clashes with Islamists, and increased communist activity. By 1979, political unrest had transformed into a revolution which, on 16 January, forced the Shah to leave Iran. Soon thereafter, the Iranian monarchy was formally abolished, and Iran was declared an Islamic republic.

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Iran Under The Rule of the Shah, an Iranian King in Persia (1971

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Duration: 10:09
Updated: 08 Dec 2011
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Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia (Persian: محمدرضا شاه پهلوی ; ; 26 October 1919 -- 27 July 1980), ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Arab Revolution on 11 February 1979. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi of the Iranian monarchy. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi held several titles: His Imperial Majesty, Shahanshah (King of Kings, Emperor), Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans) and Bozorg Arteshtārān (Head of the Warriors, Persian: بزرگ ارتشتاران). Mohammad Reza Shah came to power during World War II after an Anglo-Soviet invasion forced the abdication of his father Reza Shah. During his reign, the Iranian oil industry was nationalized under Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, and Iran marked the anniversary of 2,500 years of continuous monarchy since the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great. The Shah's White Revolution, a series of economic and social reforms intended to transform Iran into a global power, succeeded in modernizing the nation, nationalizing many natural resources, and extending suffrage to women. A secular Muslim himself, the Shah gradually lost support from the Shi'a Arab clergy of Iran, particularly due to his strong policy of modernization, secularization, conflict with the traditional class of merchants known as bazaari, and recognition of Israel. Various additional controversial policies were enacted, including the banning of the communist Tudeh Party, and a general suppression of political dissent by Iran's intelligence agency, SAVAK. Amnesty International reported that in 1978 Iran had as many as 2,200 political prisoners, a number which multiplied rapidly as a result of the revolution. Several other factors contributed to strong opposition to the Shah among certain groups within Iran, the most notable of which were the U.S. and UK backed Regime Change of Mosaddegh in 1953, clashes with Islamists, and increased communist activity. By 1979, political unrest had transformed into an Islamic revolution which, on 16 January, forced the Shah to leave Iran. Soon thereafter, the Iranian monarchy was formally abolished, and Iran was occupied by Islamic republic. Facing likely execution by Arabs Occupiers of Iran, should he return to Iran, he died in exile in Egypt, whose President, Anwar Sadat, had granted him asylum. In the 1990s and the decade following 2000, the Shah's reputation has staged something of a revival, with many Iranians looking back on his era as a time when Iran was more prosperous and the government less oppressive. Journalist Afshin Molavi reports even members of the uneducated poor - traditionally core supporters of the revolution that overthrew the Shah - making remarks such as 'God bless the Shah's soul, the economy was better then;' and finds that "books about the former Shah (even censored ones) sell briskly," while "books of the Rightly Guided Path sit idle."

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David Rockefeller On Shah Of Iran Is US Best Friend

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FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/groups/John.Rand.Group/216011815193162/AND https://sites.google.com/site/kitkirja/iran Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavī محمدرضاشاه پهلوی October 1919 -- 27 July 1980) was the last Shah of Iran. He ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi of the Iranian monarchy. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi held several titles: His Imperial Majesty, Shahanshah (King of Kings,[1] Emperor), Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans) and Bozorg Arteshtārān (Head of the Warriors, بزرگ ارتشتاران Mohammad Reza came to power during World War II after an Anglo-Soviet invasion forced the abdication of his father Reza Shah. During his reign, the Iranian oil industry was briefly nationalized under Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh before a US backed coup d'état overturned the regime and brought back foreign oil firms. Iran marked the anniversary of 2,500 years of continuous monarchy since the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great. The Shah's White Revolution was a series of economic, social and political reforms with the stated intention of transforming Iran into a global power and modernizing the nation. However, poorly planned and executed, it instead resulted in a series of unintended consequences, alienating the general population from the government. The lower class saw many of the government programs, on which they relied for subsistence, eliminated or radically altered. The middle class saw the reforms as only aesthetic, giving them no real democratic or civil rights. While the wealthy perceived the reforms as undermining the basis of their power and privilege. A secular Muslim himself, Mohammad Reza gradually lost support from the Shi'a clergy of Iran, particularly due to his strong policy of modernization, secularization, conflict with the traditional class of merchants known as bazaari, and recognition of Israel. Various additional controversial policies were enacted, including the banning of the communist Tudeh Party, and a general suppression of political dissent by Iran's intelligence agency, SAVAK. According to official statistics, Iran had as many as 2,200 political prisoners in 1978, a number which multiplied rapidly as a result of the revolution. Several other factors contributed to strong opposition to the Shah among certain groups within Iran, the most notable of which were the US and UK backed coup d'état against Mosaddegh in 1953, clashes with Islamists, and increased communist activity. By 1979, political unrest had transformed into a revolution which, on 16 January, forced the Shah to leave Iran. Soon thereafter, the Iranian monarchy was formally abolished, and Iran was declared an Islamic republic.

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NBC Interview with Queen Farah Pahlavi مصاحبه با ملکه فرح پهلوی ایران Iran

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Jan 29, 2008 This is the interview NBC made with Farah Pahlavi queen of Iran. Wife of late King of Iran Mohamad Reza Pahlavi. Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia (Persian: محمدرضا شاه پهلوی ; ; 26 October 1919 -- 27 July 1980), ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Arab Revolution on 11 February 1979. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi of the Iranian monarchy. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi held several titles: His Imperial Majesty, Shahanshah (King of Kings, Emperor), Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans) and Bozorg Arteshtārān (Head of the Warriors, Persian: بزرگ ارتشتاران). Mohammad Reza Shah came to power during World War II after an Anglo-Soviet invasion forced the abdication of his father Reza Shah. During his reign, the Iranian oil industry was nationalized under Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, and Iran marked the anniversary of 2,500 years of continuous monarchy since the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great. The Shah's White Revolution, a series of economic and social reforms intended to transform Iran into a global power, succeeded in modernizing the nation, nationalizing many natural resources, and extending suffrage to women. A secular Muslim himself, the Shah gradually lost support from the Shi'a Arab clergy of Iran, particularly due to his strong policy of modernization, secularization, conflict with the traditional class of merchants known as bazaari, and recognition of Israel. Various additional controversial policies were enacted, including the banning of the communist Tudeh Party, and a general suppression of political dissent by Iran's intelligence agency, SAVAK. Amnesty International reported that in 1978 Iran had as many as 2,200 political prisoners, a number which multiplied rapidly as a result of the revolution. Several other factors contributed to strong opposition to the Shah among certain groups within Iran, the most notable of which were the U.S. and UK backed Regime Change of Mosaddegh in 1953, clashes with Islamists, and increased communist activity. By 1979, political unrest had transformed into an Islamic revolution which, on 16 January, forced the Shah to leave Iran. Soon thereafter, the Iranian monarchy was formally abolished, and Iran was occupied by Islamic republic. Facing likely execution by Arabs Occupiers of Iran, should he return to Iran, he died in exile in Egypt, whose President, Anwar Sadat, had granted him asylum. In the 1990s and the decade following 2000, the Shah's reputation has staged something of a revival, with many Iranians looking back on his era as a time when Iran was more prosperous and the government less oppressive. Journalist Afshin Molavi reports even members of the uneducated poor - traditionally core supporters of the revolution that overthrew the Shah - making remarks such as 'God bless the Shah's soul, the economy was better then;' and finds that "books about the former Shah (even censored ones) sell briskly," while "books of the Rightly Guided Path sit idle."

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Shah Of Iran On Zionism - 1976 Interview

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Updated: 14 Aug 2012
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~ John Rand https://www.facebook.com/groups/John.Rand.Group/permalink/217012945093049/ SHARES https://www.facebook.com/shares/view?id=164540047016559 AND https://sites.google.com/site/kitkirja/shah-of-iran AND https://www.facebook.com/JohnA.Rand/posts/403040016425928 Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavī محمدرضاشاه پهلوی October 1919 -- 27 July 1980) was the last Shah of Iran. He ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi of the Iranian monarchy. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi held several titles: His Imperial Majesty, Shahanshah (King of Kings,[1] Emperor), Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans) and Bozorg Arteshtārān (Head of the Warriors, بزرگ ارتشتاران Mohammad Reza came to power during World War II after an Anglo-Soviet invasion forced the abdication of his father Reza Shah. During his reign, the Iranian oil industry was briefly nationalized under Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh before a US backed coup d'état overturned the regime and brought back foreign oil firms. Iran marked the anniversary of 2,500 years of continuous monarchy since the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great. The Shah's White Revolution was a series of economic, social and political reforms with the stated intention of transforming Iran into a global power and modernizing the nation. However, poorly planned and executed, it instead resulted in a series of unintended consequences, alienating the general population from the government. The lower class saw many of the government programs, on which they relied for subsistence, eliminated or radically altered. The middle class saw the reforms as only aesthetic, giving them no real democratic or civil rights. While the wealthy perceived the reforms as undermining the basis of their power and privilege. A secular Muslim himself, Mohammad Reza gradually lost support from the Shi'a clergy of Iran, particularly due to his strong policy of modernization, secularization, conflict with the traditional class of merchants known as bazaari, and recognition of Israel. Various additional controversial policies were enacted, including the banning of the communist Tudeh Party, and a general suppression of political dissent by Iran's intelligence agency, SAVAK. According to official statistics, Iran had as many as 2,200 political prisoners in 1978, a number which multiplied rapidly as a result of the revolution. Several other factors contributed to strong opposition to the Shah among certain groups within Iran, the most notable of which were the US and UK backed coup d'état against Mosaddegh in 1953, clashes with Islamists, and increased communist activity. By 1979, political unrest had transformed into a revolution which, on 16 January, forced the Shah to leave Iran. Soon thereafter, the Iranian monarchy was formally abolished, and Iran was declared an Islamic republic.

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US President Carter & Shah of Iran - Best Friends 1977-12-31

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FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/groups/John.Rand.Group/permalink/216001625194181/https://sites.google.com/site/kitkirja/shah-of-iran AND https://www.facebook.com/JohnA.Rand/posts/403040016425928 Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavī محمدرضاشاه پهلوی October 1919 -- 27 July 1980) was the last Shah of Iran. He ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi of the Iranian monarchy. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi held several titles: His Imperial Majesty, Shahanshah (King of Kings,[1] Emperor), Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans) and Bozorg Arteshtārān (Head of the Warriors, بزرگ ارتشتاران Mohammad Reza came to power during World War II after an Anglo-Soviet invasion forced the abdication of his father Reza Shah. During his reign, the Iranian oil industry was briefly nationalized under Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh before a US backed coup d'état overturned the regime and brought back foreign oil firms. Iran marked the anniversary of 2,500 years of continuous monarchy since the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great. The Shah's White Revolution was a series of economic, social and political reforms with the stated intention of transforming Iran into a global power and modernizing the nation. However, poorly planned and executed, it instead resulted in a series of unintended consequences, alienating the general population from the government. The lower class saw many of the government programs, on which they relied for subsistence, eliminated or radically altered. The middle class saw the reforms as only aesthetic, giving them no real democratic or civil rights. While the wealthy perceived the reforms as undermining the basis of their power and privilege. A secular Muslim himself, Mohammad Reza gradually lost support from the Shi'a clergy of Iran, particularly due to his strong policy of modernization, secularization, conflict with the traditional class of merchants known as bazaari, and recognition of Israel. Various additional controversial policies were enacted, including the banning of the communist Tudeh Party, and a general suppression of political dissent by Iran's intelligence agency, SAVAK. According to official statistics, Iran had as many as 2,200 political prisoners in 1978, a number which multiplied rapidly as a result of the revolution. Several other factors contributed to strong opposition to the Shah among certain groups within Iran, the most notable of which were the US and UK backed coup d'état against Mosaddegh in 1953, clashes with Islamists, and increased communist activity. By 1979, political unrest had transformed into a revolution which, on 16 January, forced the Shah to leave Iran. Soon thereafter, the Iranian monarchy was formally abolished, and Iran was declared an Islamic republic.

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Egypt's President Wants Shah Of Iran

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Updated: 17 Aug 2012
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FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/groups/John.Rand.Group/permalink/216027588524918/AND AND https://sites.google.com/site/kitkirja/iran SHARES https://www.facebook.com/shares/view?id=487300354613938 Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavī محمدرضاشاه پهلوی October 1919 -- 27 July 1980) was the last Shah of Iran. He ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi of the Iranian monarchy. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi held several titles: His Imperial Majesty, Shahanshah (King of Kings,[1] Emperor), Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans) and Bozorg Arteshtārān (Head of the Warriors, بزرگ ارتشتاران Mohammad Reza came to power during World War II after an Anglo-Soviet invasion forced the abdication of his father Reza Shah. During his reign, the Iranian oil industry was briefly nationalized under Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh before a US backed coup d'état overturned the regime and brought back foreign oil firms. Iran marked the anniversary of 2,500 years of continuous monarchy since the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great. The Shah's White Revolution was a series of economic, social and political reforms with the stated intention of transforming Iran into a global power and modernizing the nation. However, poorly planned and executed, it instead resulted in a series of unintended consequences, alienating the general population from the government. The lower class saw many of the government programs, on which they relied for subsistence, eliminated or radically altered. The middle class saw the reforms as only aesthetic, giving them no real democratic or civil rights. While the wealthy perceived the reforms as undermining the basis of their power and privilege. A secular Muslim himself, Mohammad Reza gradually lost support from the Shi'a clergy of Iran, particularly due to his strong policy of modernization, secularization, conflict with the traditional class of merchants known as bazaari, and recognition of Israel. Various additional controversial policies were enacted, including the banning of the communist Tudeh Party, and a general suppression of political dissent by Iran's intelligence agency, SAVAK. According to official statistics, Iran had as many as 2,200 political prisoners in 1978, a number which multiplied rapidly as a result of the revolution. Several other factors contributed to strong opposition to the Shah among certain groups within Iran, the most notable of which were the US and UK backed coup d'état against Mosaddegh in 1953, clashes with Islamists, and increased communist activity. By 1979, political unrest had transformed into a revolution which, on 16 January, forced the Shah to leave Iran. Soon thereafter, the Iranian monarchy was formally abolished, and Iran was declared an Islamic republic.

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ISIS and the problem of the Wahhabi and Salafi Ideology

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Updated: 12 Jan 2015
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[Wahhabism is] sort of an extreme orthodoxy that historically has not been shared by a majority of Muslims, particularly nobody outside of the Arabian Peninsula.Wahhabism has been Saudi Arabia's dominant faith. It is an austere form of Islam that insists on a literal interpretation of the Koran. Strict Wahhabis believe that all those who don't practice their form of Islam are heathens and enemies. Critics say that Wahhabism's rigidity has led it to misinterpret and distort Islam, pointing to extremists such as Osama bin Laden and the Taliban. Wahhabism's explosive growth began in the 1970s when Saudi charities started funding Wahhabi schools (madrassas) and mosques from Islamabad to Culver City, California. The religious curriculum in Saudi Arabia teaches you that people are basically two sides: Salafis [Wahhabis], who are the winners, the chosen ones, who will go to heaven, and the rest. The rest are Muslims and Christians and Jews and others. They are either kafirs, who are deniers of God, or mushrak, putting gods next to God, or enervators, that's the lightest one. The enervators of religion who are they call the Sunni Muslims who ... for instance, celebrate Prophet Mohammed's birthday, and do some stuff that is not accepted by Salafis. And all of these people are not accepted by Salafi as Muslims. As I said, "claimant to Islam." And all of these people are supposed to be hated, to be persecuted, even killed. And we have several clergy -- not one Salafi clergy -- who have said that against the Shi'a and against the other Muslims. And they have done it in Algeria, in Afghanistan. This is the same ideology. They just have the same opportunity. They did it in Algeria and Afghanistan, and now New York . ...Wahhabis don't believe in tombstones, don't believe in images being acceptable, don't believe in statues. They believe all of these are forms of polytheism. A majority of Muslims don't share that degree of literal reading of religious texts or banning of these kinds of reflections. Takfiri terrorism jihadism takfiri extremism تكفيري Islamic State of Iraq and al sham

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Iran As Britain's Biggest Arms Customer 1978

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Updated: 16 Aug 2012
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~ John Rand ~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/John.Rand.Group/215978678529809/ AND https://sites.google.com/site/kitkirja/shah-of-iran AND https://www.facebook.com/JohnA.Rand/posts/403040016425928 SHARES https://www.facebook.com/shares/view?id=358934147515851 Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavī محمدرضاشاه پهلوی October 1919 -- 27 July 1980) was the last Shah of Iran. He ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi of the Iranian monarchy. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi held several titles: His Imperial Majesty, Shahanshah (King of Kings,[1] Emperor), Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans) and Bozorg Arteshtārān (Head of the Warriors, بزرگ ارتشتاران Mohammad Reza came to power during World War II after an Anglo-Soviet invasion forced the abdication of his father Reza Shah. During his reign, the Iranian oil industry was briefly nationalized under Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh before a US backed coup d'état overturned the regime and brought back foreign oil firms. Iran marked the anniversary of 2,500 years of continuous monarchy since the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great. The Shah's White Revolution was a series of economic, social and political reforms with the stated intention of transforming Iran into a global power and modernizing the nation. However, poorly planned and executed, it instead resulted in a series of unintended consequences, alienating the general population from the government. The lower class saw many of the government programs, on which they relied for subsistence, eliminated or radically altered. The middle class saw the reforms as only aesthetic, giving them no real democratic or civil rights. While the wealthy perceived the reforms as undermining the basis of their power and privilege. A secular Muslim himself, Mohammad Reza gradually lost support from the Shi'a clergy of Iran, particularly due to his strong policy of modernization, secularization, conflict with the traditional class of merchants known as bazaari, and recognition of Israel. Various additional controversial policies were enacted, including the banning of the communist Tudeh Party, and a general suppression of political dissent by Iran's intelligence agency, SAVAK. According to official statistics, Iran had as many as 2,200 political prisoners in 1978, a number which multiplied rapidly as a result of the revolution. Several other factors contributed to strong opposition to the Shah among certain groups within Iran, the most notable of which were the US and UK backed coup d'état against Mosaddegh in 1953, clashes with Islamists, and increased communist activity. By 1979, political unrest had transformed into a revolution which, on 16 January, forced the Shah to leave Iran. Soon thereafter, the Iranian monarchy was formally abolished, and Iran was declared an Islamic republic.

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