| − | '''Mohammad Reza Pahlavi''' lived from October 16, 1919 to July 27, 1980. He is remembered as an American ally who aided in the defeat of [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Nazi Germany]] and as a loyal [[Cold War]] ally, only to be deposed by the [[Carter administration]] and the [[Ayatollah Khomeini]] whose [[Islamic Republic of Iran]] went on to pursue [[nuclear weapons]] and threaten the [[United States]] and its allies. | + | '''Mohammad Reza Pahlavi''' lived from October 16, 1919 to July 27, 1980. He is remembered as an American ally who aided in the defeat of [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Nazi Germany]] and as a loyal [[Cold War]] ally, only to be deposed by the [[Carter administration]] and the [[Ayatollah Khomeini]], whose [[Islamic Republic of Iran]] went on to pursue [[nuclear weapons]] and threaten the [[United States]] and its allies. |
| | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi became the [[Shah]] of [[Iran]], after the abdication of his father [[Reza Shah Pahlavi]] in 1941.<ref>Tripartite Treaty of Alliance, 29 January 1942, Philip W. Ireland, ed., ''The Near East'' (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1942; 2d impression, 1945); also in ''The Middle East'', 1948 (London: Europa Publications, Ltd., 1948), pp. 29-30.</ref> In 1949 the Communist party of Iran known as the [[Tudeh party]] was banned after an assassination attempt on his life. | | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi became the [[Shah]] of [[Iran]], after the abdication of his father [[Reza Shah Pahlavi]] in 1941.<ref>Tripartite Treaty of Alliance, 29 January 1942, Philip W. Ireland, ed., ''The Near East'' (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1942; 2d impression, 1945); also in ''The Middle East'', 1948 (London: Europa Publications, Ltd., 1948), pp. 29-30.</ref> In 1949 the Communist party of Iran known as the [[Tudeh party]] was banned after an assassination attempt on his life. |