UNUSED 16/6/80 MUSEUM OF REZA SHAH PAHLAVI THE GREAT

(16 Jun 1980) Reza Shah Pahlavi was the Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from December 15, 1925 until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in September 16, 1941. In 1925, Reza Shah overthrew Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Shah of the Qajar dynasty, and founded the Pahlavi Dynasty. He established an authoritarian government that valued nationalism, militarism, secularism and anti-communism combined with strict censorship and state propaganda. Reza Shah introduced many socio-economic reforms, reorganizing the army, government administration, and finances. To his supporters his reign brought law and order, discipline, central authority, and modern amenities - schools, trains, buses, radios, cinemas, and telephones. However, his attempts of modernisation have been criticised for being too fast and superficial, and his reign a time of oppression, corruption, taxation, lack of authenticity.  For many Iranian nationalists he is considered the father of modern Iran. He died in Johannesburg in 1944. Esmat Dowlatshahi, fourth wife of Reza, lays bouquet on statue.

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