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'''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 detained many [[Shia]] [[Islamist]] militants throughout his career and was pressured by the Carter administration to release them, which led to his downfall and the rise of the [[Soviet]]-backed Islamic Republic of Iran.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi detained many [[Shia]] [[Islamist]] militants throughout his career and was pressured by the Carter administration to release them, which led to his downfall and the rise of the [[Soviet]]-backed Islamic Republic of Iran. The Carter administration regarded the Shah's replacement as a "[[progressive]] force for human rights]]". 

==World War II==

==World War II==

==Post-monarchial Iran==

==Post-monarchial Iran==

[[President Reagan]] criticized the Shah's successor, [[Ayatollah Khomeini]], as "a maniacal fanatic who has slaughtered thousands and thousands of people calling it executions."<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/debatingourdestiny/84debates/2prez4.html The Second 1984 Presidential Debate]</ref>

The new regime installed by the Carter administration immediately emptied out [[kindergarten]]'s promising them a place in Paradise if they walked across minefields to clear a path for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in its war with [[Saddam Hussein]].  [[President Reagan]] criticized the Shah's successor, [[Ayatollah Khomeini]], as "a maniacal fanatic who has slaughtered thousands and thousands of people calling it executions."<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/debatingourdestiny/84debates/2prez4.html The Second 1984 Presidential Debate]</ref>

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