Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hoki mai a Bakhtiar ki Iran i te 1946 ka uru atu ki te Social Democratic Party o Iran i te 1949 ka arahi i tana whakahaere taiohi. I te tau 1951 i whakatuhia ia hei kaiwhakahaere mo te tari mahi i te Rohe o Isfahan e te minita mo te mahi. I muri mai i mau ia i taua tūranga i Khuzestan, pokapū o te ahumahi hinu. I te tau 1951 i tae mai a Mohammad Mosaddeq ki te mana i Iran. I raro i tana perehitini i tohua a Bakhtiar hei Minita Tuarua mo te Mahi i te tau 1953. I muri i te hokinga mai o te Shah e te
I tautokohia e te British-American te coup d'état, i noho tonu a Bakhtiar hei whakahe mo tana kawanatanga.