Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei:
I muri i te "coup d'état" i te 1953 i tautokohia e te United Kingdom me te United States, ka nui ake te mana o Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, a, i honoa ki te Western Bloc i te wa o te Cold War, ahakoa i whakatinanahia e ia he raupapa o nga whakahoutanga ohaoha me te hapori e mohiotia ana ko te White Revolution. I te tau 1978 i aro atu te Shah ki te koretake o te iwi me te tipu haere o te nekehanga hurihuri a te iwi e arahina ana e te tohunga Shiite a Ruhollah Khomeini. I haere te Pahlavi tuarua ki te whakarau me tona whanau i te Hanuere 1979, i puta ai he raupapa o nga huihuinga i tere ai te mutunga o te rangatiratanga me te kawanatanga me te timatanga o te Islamic Republic of Iran i te 11 o Hui-tanguru 1979. Whai muri i te matenga o Pahlavi i te tau 1980, ko tana tama, ko Reza Pahlavi, kei te arahi i te torona o te whanau i te whakaraunga.