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How did the US help Iran?
They supported the shah
What type of ruler did the US back in Iran?
The US backed the Shah of Iran who was an authoritarian monarch.
Was Iran ever a colony?
Not in so many words. Prior to rule by the Ayatollahs Iran was called Persia and was ruled by the Shah. Up until he was unseated by the Ayatollahs the Shah was a great "friend" of the US. All three, Persia/Iran, the US, and the Shah did quite well out of it.
A leader of Iran who challenged the US was?
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
How did the US try to influence Iran?
The United States led a coup d'état in Iran in 1953 which ousted President Mossadegh and replaced him with the Shah of Iran.
What did the Shiites believed that the shah was?
they believed shah was enemy of Islam and was puppet of US in Iran and tried to destroy Islam step by step.
What demands were made in the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
Iran demanded that the US return the former Shah of Iran (Mohammed Reza Pahlavi) to Iran for a trial (which would undoubtedly result in his execution) and unfreeze Iranian government funds in Swiss Banks in exchange for the US hostages. Iran eventually got the money, but not the Shah, who died in exile in Egypt.
Why did the US get involved in Iran?
US has not sold arm directly to Iran since the revolution in 1979. All the American arms that Iran has right now have remained from the old days (Shah's time) or Iran has bought them from the black market.
Repressive pro-western ruler whose 1979 overthrow precipitated a crisis for the US?
Shah of Iran
Iranian Revolution?
(1978-1979) a revolution against the shah of Iran led by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, which resulted in Iran becoming an Islamic Republic with Khomeini as its leader, the revolution that transformed Iran from a monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Mullahs (religious leaders) overthrow the US backed Shah and establish a theocracy (religious government) that hated the US, Many Iranians opposed Reza Shah Pahlavi, there was also a hatred of Westernization. There was a revival in Islam, and Ayatollah Khomeini soon emerged as the religious opposition to the Shah. He organized demonstrations and riots, and the Shah eventually left. Khomeini then seized power in Iran.
Was the shah of Iran executed in 1979?
No, he fled the country and received medical treatment in the US. Iran, meanwhile, came under the control of Islamic fundamentalists under Ayatollah Khomeini. The Shah died of cancer in Egypt in July, 1980.
What was an important consequence of the Iran hostage crisis?
The US had always been a strong ally of Shah Pahlavi, the previous ruler of Iran before the Ayatollah Khomeini's revolution, and just as the new theocracy had rebelled against the corrupt regime of the Shah, so too did they rebel against the Shah's cynical ally, the US. Of course, in so doing, they set in motion a conflict that continues to this day in various ways, and is highly destructive. It was not a smart move.
