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Message:: [QUOTE="see323, post: 249423, member: 8291"]Just received this early Iran semi super solid 59/ 555555 to join my Iran 555555 collection. The portrait is Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ( 1974 - 1979 ) A little history about him : Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Persia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Persia" rel="nofollow">Shah of Iran</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language" rel="nofollow">Persian</a>: محمدرضا پهلوی Moḥammad Rez̤ā Pahlavī) (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_26" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_26" rel="nofollow">October 26</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919" rel="nofollow">1919</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran" rel="nofollow">Tehran</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_27" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_27" rel="nofollow">July 27</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980" rel="nofollow">1980</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo" rel="nofollow">Cairo</a>), styled His Imperial Majesty, and holding the imperial titles of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahanshah" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahanshah" rel="nofollow">Shahanshah</a> (King of Kings), and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryamehr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryamehr" rel="nofollow">Aryamehr</a> (Light of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan" rel="nofollow">Aryans</a>), was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy" rel="nofollow">monarch</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" rel="nofollow">Iran</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_16" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_16" rel="nofollow">September 16</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941" rel="nofollow">1941</a> until the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" rel="nofollow">Iranian Revolution</a> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_11" rel="nofollow">February 11</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" rel="nofollow">1979</a>. He was the second monarch of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahlavi_dynasty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahlavi_dynasty" rel="nofollow">Pahlavi dynasty</a> and the last Shah of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_monarchy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_monarchy" rel="nofollow">Iranian monarchy</a>. The Shah came to power during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" rel="nofollow">World War II</a>, after an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran" rel="nofollow">Anglo-Soviet invasion</a> forced the abdication of his father, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Shah" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Shah" rel="nofollow">Reza Shah</a>. Mohammad Reza Shah's rule oversaw the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry under prime minister <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mossadegh" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mossadegh" rel="nofollow">Mohammad Mossadegh</a>. During the Shah's reign, Iran celebrated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2%2C500_year_celebration_of_Iran%27s_monarchy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2%2C500_year_celebration_of_Iran%27s_monarchy" rel="nofollow">2,500 years of continuous monarchy</a> since the founding of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Empire" rel="nofollow">Persian Empire</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great" rel="nofollow">Cyrus the Great</a>. His <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Revolution" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Revolution" rel="nofollow">White Revolution</a>, a series of economic and social reforms intended to transform Iran into a global power, succeeded in modernizing the nation, nationalizing many natural resources and extending <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage" rel="nofollow">suffrage to women</a>, among other things. However, a partial failure of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_reform" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_reform" rel="nofollow">land reform</a>, the lack of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratization" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratization" rel="nofollow">democratization</a> as criticized by some of his opponents, as well as the decline of the traditional power of the Shi'a clergy due to parts of the reforms, increased opposition to his authority. While a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim" rel="nofollow">Muslim</a> himself, the Shah gradually lost support with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam" rel="nofollow">Shi'a</a> clergy of Iran, particularly due to his strong policy of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westernization" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westernization" rel="nofollow">Westernization</a> and recognition of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" rel="nofollow">Israel</a>. Clashes with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_right" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_right" rel="nofollow">religious right</a>, increased <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" rel="nofollow">communist</a> activity, Western interference in the economy, and a 1953 period of political disagreements with Mohammad Mossadegh (in which each side accused the other of staging a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" rel="nofollow">coup</a>, eventually leading to Mossadegh's downfall) would cause an increasingly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocracy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocracy" rel="nofollow">autocratic</a> rule. Various controversial policies were enacted, including the banning of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudeh_Party_of_Iran" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudeh_Party_of_Iran" rel="nofollow">Tudeh Party</a> and the oppression of dissent by Iran's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_agency" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_agency" rel="nofollow">intelligence agency</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAVAK" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAVAK" rel="nofollow">SAVAK</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International" rel="nofollow">Amnesty International</a> reported that Iran had as many as 2,200 political prisoners in 1978. By 1979, the political unrest had transformed into a revolution which, on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_16" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_16" rel="nofollow">January 16</a>, forced the Shah to leave Iran after 37 years of rule. Soon thereafter, the revolutionary forces transformed the government into an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_republic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_republic" rel="nofollow">Islamic republic</a>. <img src="http://www.notepassion.com/images/Iran%20Shah%2010%20Rial%20-%20555555%20-%20F%20-%20800.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.notepassion.com/images/Iran%20Shah%2010%20Rial%20-%20555555%20-%20B%20-%20800.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.coinpeople.com/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]

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