Kiara Deolio

According to Britannica by The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi born October 26, 1919, Tehrān, Iran and died July 27, 1980 in Cairo, Egypt. He was educated in Switzerland and returned to Iran in 1935.  He was the shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979, and maintained a pro-Western foreign policy and fostered economic development in Iran. He was the eldest son of Reza Shah Pahlavi, an army officer who became the ruler of Iran and founder of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1925. He replaced his father on the throne September 16, 1941. He was then overthrown in 1941 by an invasion of allied British and Soviet troops who thought he was allies’ the enemy, Nazi Germany. This relates to the story of Persepolis because in the story it mentions the fall of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi who is known as just Shah, in the Chapter “The Party”. It illustrates that he was trying to impose democracy on the people of Islam after so many people were killed. He tried to appoint dozens of prime ministers and with that people took down his statues. After he was overthrown by the people, the country had a party. Which is slightly different then what happened in real life.