The Mahammed Pahalvi: The Iranian Communist Revolution

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Reza shah left the country and his son Mohammed Reza Pahlavi took over the country. Then, he was on the verge of achieving power in the 1950s but he found himself displaced by the democratic so then he fled also from the country. After that, in 1953 he returned to the office that had been denied him during Iran's fling with democracy. The british believed that the Iranians were moving too far to the left which would eventually be swept into a communist revolution. Therefore, british told the American CIA that in order for Iran to stay stable they would need Mahammed Pahalvi in power. Once he was back in power, in 1953, he created a secret army called the SAVAK which was a secret military police force. He decided to join a group to attack

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