Mohammad Reza akawana simba munguva yeHondo Yenyika II pashure pokunge kupindirwa neAnglo-Soviet kwakamanikidza kuti baba vake, Reza Shah Pahlavi vasiye chigaro. Mukati mokutonga kwaMohammed Reza, indasitiri yemafuta yeBritain yakapfupikiswa kwenguva pfupi nemutungamiri wehurumende yeIran Mohammad Mosaddegh kusvika pakurwiswa kwehurumende neUK neUS
vakadzinga Mosaddegh ndokudzorera makambani emafuta okunze pasi peConsortium Agreement ya1954.