Pahlavi Iran
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Pahlavi Iran, officially the Imperial State of Persia until 1935 and the Imperial State of Iran from 1935 to 1979, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty. The Pahlavi dynasty was created in 1925 and lasted until 1979, when it was ousted as part of the Islamic Revolution, which ended Iran's continuous monarchy and established the current Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Allied "Big Three" at the 1943 Tehran Conference
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and his wife Farah Diba upon his coronation as the Shah of Iran. His wife was crowned as the Shahbanu of Iran.
The last Shah of Iran meets with clergy members
White Revolution
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The White Revolution or the Shah and People Revolution was a far-reaching series of reforms resulting in aggressive modernization in the Imperial State of Iran launched on 26 January 1963 by the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, which lasted until 1979. The reforms resulted in a great redistribution of wealth to Iran's working class, explosive economic growth in subsequent decades, rapid urbanization, and deconstruction of Iran's feudalist customs.
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi hands out documents of ownership of land to new owners, white revolution, land reform, 1963
Women voting for the first time in 1963
Uniformed women of the Literacy Corps In the Iranian Senate building.
Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveida and his cabinet in anniversary of the reforms, 1974