Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ:
"coup d'état" na 1953 nke United Kingdom na United States kwadoro, ọchịchị Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ghọrọ onye ọchịchị aka ike ma jikọta ya na Western Bloc n'oge Agha Nzuzo, ọ bụ ezie na o mere usoro mgbanwe akụ na ụba na mmekọrịta ọha na eze a maara dị ka White Revolution. Ka ọ na-erule afọ 1978, Shah chere mmeghachi omume ọha na eze na-arịwanye elu na mmụba nke ndị mmadụ na-agbanwe agbanwe nke onye ụkọchukwu Shia bụ Ruhollah Khomeini na-eduzi. Pahlavi nke abụọ sooro ezinụlọ ya jee biri n'ala ọzọ na Jenụwarị 1979, na-akpali usoro ihe omume nke dugara ngwa ngwa na njedebe nke alaeze ukwu na steeti na mmalite nke Islamic Republic of Iran na 11 February 1979. Mgbe Pahlavi nwụsịrị na 1980, nwa ya nwoke, Reza Pahlavi, na-eduzi ocheeze ezinụlọ na mba ọzọ.