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
Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
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Amir-Abbas Hoveyda was an Iranian economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Iran from 27 January 1965 to 7 August 1977. He was the longest serving prime minister in Iran's history. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in Mansur's cabinet. After the Iranian Revolution, he was tried by the newly established Revolutionary Court for "waging war against God" and spreading corruption on earth (Mofsed-e-filarz) and executed.
Young Hoveyda (left) with his family in Beirut, 1929
Hoveyda in Brussels during the German occupation in 1941
Hoveyda (right) as an officer, meeting Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi for the first time in 1943