The Western-friendly shah of Iran who was installed during a 1953 coup supported by Britain and the United States. After a lengthy economic downturn, public unrest, and personal illness, he retired from public life under popular pressure in 1979. (A) Reza Pahlavi (B) Ruhollah Khomeini (C) Gamal Abedl Nasser (D) Nelson Mandela

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Kellen Ray

12 November, 12:21

The Western-friendly shah of Iran who was installed during a 1953 coup supported by Britain and the United States. After a lengthy economic downturn, public unrest, and personal illness, he retired from public life under popular pressure in 1979. (A) Reza Pahlavi (B) Ruhollah Khomeini (C) Gamal Abedl Nasser (D) Nelson Mandela

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Zayne Schaefer · Answer 1

The correct answer is A. The Western-friendly shah of Iran who was installed in 1953 during a coup supported by Britain and the United States, and that after a lengthy economic downturn, public unrest, and personal illness, retired from public life under popular pressure in 1979 was Reza Pahlavi.

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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the Shah of Iran from 1941 (effectively from 1953) to 1979. As Iran's last shah, his long rule characterized the country with a combination of secularism, paniranism, Iranian nationalism and social modernism, including women's suffrage and land reform. He died of cancer in exile in Egypt, after Ruhollah Khomeini came to power in 1979.