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Mohamad reza shah pahlavi aka aryamehr was the consistently the most pro US leader in Middle East during his 37 reign. Iran's economy and military and anything in between was some how modeled Americans.He was the first Muslim leader to establish realtionship with Israel and urged president saddat of Egypt to make peace with the Jewish state. He aligned Iran's interest with that of USA in the region and was instrumental in keeping Soviet Union's ambitions in check by signing many military agreements with US. Ironically in his last interview with David forest in Panama , the shah blamed the US for his ouster. The shah had grown very powerfull and was begining to move away from US camp, this led to falling in favor with US and his fall from power. He did what he could to keep Iran growing and being in peace with its neighbors in that very volitale region.
Oil, plain and simple. U.S. and Britains have been tangled up in the oil business in the Mideast for many years. Brits started all this. Churchill was key, initially. Later, Truman refused to involve the U.S. but, later, Eisenhower accept Brit BS that they would turn Commies if U.S. didn't help. U.S. got tangled up in Iran and then with Israel and now Iraq and Afghanistan.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 8y agoIt is worth noting that Iran has had hundreds of Shahs, most living before the US even existed as country. As a result, most were not supported by the US.
Assuming this question is referring specifically to the last Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, the US supported him because he was amenable to US business interests and allowed them easy access to oil. More importantly (politically), he was neither communist nor Islamic fundamentalist and did not represent a threat to neighboring countries in the Middle East.
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∙ 10y agoAnswer #1:
There are three main reasons.
Historical Relationship: The Shah had been an ally of the United States during his entire reign. As a result, there was a historical relationship between him and the United States.
American Coup d'État: The United States was the country that restored the Shah to the throne and as a result, there is a strong connection for the Shah to the United States.
License to Kill Dictators: If the Shah was returned to Iran, he would face a kangaroo court and be summarily executed. This would send a flag to any dictator anywhere in the world who was Pro-American that America will only protect you until you are deposed, leading to defections to the Soviets who would continue to protect them. To show that America looks after its foreign policy interests, he was not handed over.
Of course, to Iranians who wanted to exact justice on their tyrant, these were not acceptable reasons.
Answer #2: The US did not necessarily shelter Shah Pahlavi. After his exile from Iran when Ayatollah Khomeini was voted into power he traveled from country to country seeking shelter, when he was in Mexico as a guest of Jose Lopez Portillo, the Mexican president of the time, he required immediate surgery which he elected to have done in the US. Thinking it wouldn't be a long stay and the Shah would leave the country after the surgery, then-president Jimmy Carter allowed him to have the surgery done in the US. Although we supported the Shah (And ultimately was the reason he was put in power after the CIA deposed Mosaddegh), the US harboring of an exile upset the new Islamic administration of Iran and the US did not want to anger them as they were still upset that the CIA deposed Mosaddegh 38 years prior. It is thought that the kidnapping of American citizens that happened in Tehran while the Shah was in the US was a direct result of allowing the Shah into the US. After his recovery, he then continued his travels while Iran futilely attempted to have him extradited from Panama until finally being granted permanent asylum in Egypt under then-president Anwar El-Sadat where he stayed for the remainder of his life, which wasn't very long as he died from complications from non-Hodgkins lymphoma (A type of cancer) shortly after.
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∙ 11y agoThe United States was not involved in the British-Soviet operation to force the resignation of Reza Pahlavi for his son in 1941. The United States was involved in the coup d'état used to restore Mohammed Reza Pahlavi to the Imperial Throne in 1953. They did this at the whim of the British who desired the petroleum rights that were being denied them by the Mossadegh Regime. This act is seen by most Iranians to have been a cruel denial of their right to self-determination and nationalization of their own territorial resources.
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∙ 11y agoThe United States did not support Shah Reza Pahlavi nor did they oppose him. The United States foreign policy prior to World War II (when Reza Pahlavi ruled) was minimal and therefore most American administrations did not have an issue or position with his leadership.
The United States would come to support his son and successor Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as the Shah of Iran.
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∙ 9y agoYou are likely referring to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. The US was largely disinterested in Iran during the rule of his father Shah Reza Pahlavi, who was supported primarily by the British.
The reason that the US supported the Shah was because of his west-leaning foreign and domestic policies. Specifically, he allowed the UK to maintain direct control of Iran's petroleum wealth. Iran was also industrializing and developing and maintained an opposition to the Soviet Union, which was on its borders. Iran also provided the US large amounts of oil, especially helping to offset the Arab Oil Embargo in 1973. Iran also maintained good ties with Israel, in accordance with US interests in that regard.
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∙ 16y agoThe us is smart....
Shah is mental...
so us help him and it all betta now
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∙ 11y agoYes. The United States supported Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.
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Did the US have anything to do with establishing the Reza Shah?
The United States did not support Shah Reza Pahlavi nor did they oppose him. The United States foreign policy prior to World War II (when Reza Pahlavi ruled) was minimal and therefore most American administrations did not have an issue or position with his leadership. The United States was not involved in the British-Soviet operation to force the resignation of Reza Pahlavi for his son in 1941.
When and how did the shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi come to power what was the US's role in his becoming shah?
This question confuses two different times of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's ascension to power. in 1940, the UK and USSR jointly sponsored a coup d'etat which forcibly dethroned Shah Reza Pahlavi, in favor of his son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in order to secure the right to freely transport petroleum and other goods across Iranian soil. In 1951, the Shah was substantially weakened in his power through acts of Majlis (Parliament) and specifically Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. In 1953, the US CIA and British MI6 launched a coup d'etat to restore the Shah's authoritarian rule to where it had been in the 1940s.
How did Iran respond when the us refused to hand over shah Mohammad reza pahlavi following the Iranian revolution?
It seized fifty-two American hostages
Was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi protected in the US?
After he was deposed as Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi needed surgery and he came to the United States to get this surgery performed. During that period the Iranian Leadership demanded that the United States extradite the Shah to Iran where he would face a kangaroo court and certain execution. The United States refused, thus protecting him.
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.
A leader of Iran who challenged the US was?
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Did the US have anything to do with establishing the Reza Shah?
The United States did not support Shah Reza Pahlavi nor did they oppose him. The United States foreign policy prior to World War II (when Reza Pahlavi ruled) was minimal and therefore most American administrations did not have an issue or position with his leadership. The United States was not involved in the British-Soviet operation to force the resignation of Reza Pahlavi for his son in 1941.
When and how did the shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi come to power what was the US's role in his becoming shah?
This question confuses two different times of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's ascension to power. in 1940, the UK and USSR jointly sponsored a coup d'etat which forcibly dethroned Shah Reza Pahlavi, in favor of his son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in order to secure the right to freely transport petroleum and other goods across Iranian soil. In 1951, the Shah was substantially weakened in his power through acts of Majlis (Parliament) and specifically Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. In 1953, the US CIA and British MI6 launched a coup d'etat to restore the Shah's authoritarian rule to where it had been in the 1940s.
What was US policy toward the Shah was?
Support him all the way
How did Iran respond when the U.S. refused to hand over Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi following the Iranian Revolution?
When the US did not return former Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in 1979, the American embassy in Iran was attacked and several of its members were taken hostage for 444 days. This has been termed the "Iran Hostage Crisis."
How did Iran respond when the us refused to hand over shah Mohammad reza pahlavi following the Iranian revolution?
It seized fifty-two American hostages
Was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi protected in the US?
After he was deposed as Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi needed surgery and he came to the United States to get this surgery performed. During that period the Iranian Leadership demanded that the United States extradite the Shah to Iran where he would face a kangaroo court and certain execution. The United States refused, thus protecting him.
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.
Why did President Carter permit deposed Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to come to the US in 1979 and why did this trigger Iranian militants to take American hostages from the American embassy?
President Carter permited the deposed Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to come to the US so he could receive medical treatment for cancer. Iranian militants felt this action was the West interfering with their country's business and argued that the Shah should be returned to Iran to stand trial for his crimes against the country.
Why did the Ayatollah Khomeini hate the US?
Because of U.S. support the Shah, was the heart of his foreign policy. They took more 60 hostages and demanded American force the shah to face trial.Because the US support the Shah, was the heart of his foreign policy, hey took 60 people for hostagebecause US has anti Islamic policies especially anti shiite Islam. also for supporting Israel. he called US Great Satan because policies of US is same as policies of Satan.
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.
What was the US's role in helping the shah of Iran become the shah?
Assuming by "The Shah of Iran", you are specifically referring to "Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi" who is only the last in millenia-long line of Shahs, there are two times that he came to power (because he abdicated midway through his reign). Only the second of Mohammed's ascension to power involved the USA.Coming to Power in 1940In 1940, in the midst of World War II, Shah Reza Pahlavi (Mohammed's father) had a pro-German view, even though he remained neutral. This was unacceptable for both the UK and Soviet Union (USSR) which need Iran to serve as a corridor for troop passage and petroleum passage between British-controlled Iraq and the Soviet Union. As a result these two countries sponsored a coup to replace Reza Pahlavi with his son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The United States had nothing to do with this coup and had a profoundly isolationist stance at this point in history. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi remained in power until he abdicated in 1951 after facing strong hostility from the Iranian population.Coming to Power in 1953In 1953, the CIA launched a coup d'etat in Iran, called Operation Ajax. which re-installed the Shah of Iran after he had been forced out in 1951. The US and UK both knew that Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddegh would nationalize the oil fields in Iran, which would have huge economic ramifications for the UK, and feared that he would create an alliance with the Soviet Union since he was very amenable to Iranian Communists and their political views. As a result, the US and UK both preferred the strongly Western-aligned Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and instigated the coup that put him in power. The policy was negative, not only for the citizens of Iran who were subjected to numerous human rights abuses post-replacement, but also for the US which alienated the Iranian people in the long-term and was unable to seriously halt the growth of communism.
