DOMESTIC FACTORS
From 1953 to 1975, Iran underwent a dramatic transformation. Muhammad Reza shah pursued an aggressive Western-oriented socioeconomic modernization Program, known as the White Revolution (1963-1977),and an aggressive expansion of the state. During this time, the shah carried out
Much of the work that his father- Reza Shah Pahlavi- had abandoned when
He was forced to leave power in 1941 , including an intense push to expand
Three crucial sectors of the state: the military, the bureaucracy, and the court patronage system. In many ways, Muhammad Reza Shah set up an even more
Centralized state than his father had by taking major steps to advance country’s military, infrastructure, industry, and external trade, while advocating for
Land reforms and state-sponsored scholarships to Iranian students.