| − | Reza Shah Pahlavi lived from October 16, 1919 to July 27, 1980. He was the [[shah]] of [[Iran]], after the Soviet Union (who had invaded Iran in World War 2) pressured his father to abdicate in 1941. After the overthrow of the elected government in 1953, Pahlavi was one of two "twin pilars" in Persian Gulf region as part of a collective security arrangements with NATO during the Cold War. The Shah did not participate in the Arab oil embargos of 1967 and of 1973, recognized Isreal, provided oil for US and British Mediterranean Fleets, detereed Iraq under Sadam Hussein from playing a role in the [[Yom Kippur War]] when he moved troops to the Iraqi border and gave covert support to the Kurds in Iraq which tied diverted the Iraqi Army. | + | Reza Shah Pahlavi lived from October 16, 1919 to July 27, 1980. He was the [[shah]] of [[Iran]], after the Soviet Union (who had invaded Iran in World War 2) pressured his father to abdicate in 1941. After the overthrow of the elected government in 1953, Pahlavi was one of two "twin pilars" in Persian Gulf region as part of a collective security arrangements with NATO during the Cold War. The Shah did not participate in the Arab oil embargos of 1967 and of 1973, recognized Isreal, provided oil for US and British Mediterranean Fleets, detered Iraq under Sadam Hussein from playing a role in the [[Yom Kippur War]] when he moved troops to the Iraqi border and gave covert support to the Kurds in Iraq which he divereted the Iraqi Army. |