Fearing for his safety, the shah fled Iran, going first to Baghdad and then ... established with the help of the CIA and Israel's Mossad. He also focused too much of his modernization effort ...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty and established the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979 In light of the recent anti-establishment protests in Iran, Persian speakers on ...

Month after the Islamic Revolution victory, the Iranian youth once again entered the scene and astonished the world. November ...

The rule of the Shah saw a cordial and symbiotic relationship ... which came with the assistance of the American CIA and ...

Divya Malhotra Middle East has turned into a ticking time bomb as Iran and Israel stand on the verge of a full-blown war. A lot has transpired between the two countries since the October 2023 Hamas ...

then helped the CIA supply Laotian tribesmen fighting the local communist forces. He had later been stationed for several years as an American military liaison to the shah of Iran, specializing in ...

In the decades before the Islamic revolution of 1979, Iran was ruled by the Shah whose dictatorship repressed dissent and restricted political freedoms. But he also he pushed the country to adopt ...

Before the Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979, while Israel and Iran did not have formal bilateral relations, they maintained ...

and how the surprising main obstacle to an earlier coup was the shah himself. In tracing the key involvement of the US and CIA in Iran, this study shows how the 1953 coup would eventually pave the way ...

“I feel as though I were beginning my second reign,” announced Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi five weeks ago when he flew back to Teheran and to the throne of Iran. “I am older and more ...

It is therefore deeply misguided for Israel to consider backing Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last Shah, in the hope that he could bring positive change to the Middle East. The belief that ...