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During that time two monarchs — Reza Shah Pahlavi and his son Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi — employed secret police, torture, and executions to stifle political dissent. The Pahlavi dynasty has sometimes been described as a "royal dictatorship", [1] or "one-man rule". [2]
Ahmadinejad's outspoken pronouncements in foreign affairs included personal letters to a number of world leaders including one to American president George W. Bush inviting him to "monotheism and justice", [151] an open letter to the American people, [152] the declaration that there were no homosexuals in Iran, [153] an expression of happiness ...
The Imperial State of Iran, the government of Iran during the Pahlavi dynasty, lasted from 1925 to 1979.The use of torture and abuse of prisoners varied at times during the Pahlavi reign, according to one history, [6] but both of two monarchs – Reza Shah Pahlavi and his son Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi – employed censorship, secret police, torture, and executions.
Khomeini was arrested in 1963 after declaring the Shah a "wretched, miserable man" who "embarked on the [path toward] destruction of Islam in Iran." [ 72 ] Three days of major riots throughout Iran followed, with 15,000 dead from police fire as reported by opposition sources. [ 73 ]
On 7 April 1979, Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, former prime minister of Iran, was executed. [33] Two days later on 9 April ten senior officials of the Shah, including two generals and a cabinet member, were executed in Tehran. [34] Those killed included commander-in-chief of the air force, Amir Hossein Rabi'i. [34]
Iran’s intelligence ministry on Thursday identified a top suspect, described as ringleader and bomb-maker, in the twin suicide bombings last week claimed by the Islamic State group as the death ...
Iran executed two men on Saturday over an attack on a Shi'ite shrine that killed at least 13 people in October and was claimed by the militant group Islamic State, Iranian state media reported on ...
Khomeini declared that the Shah had "embarked on the destruction of Islam in Iran" [12] and publicly denounced the Shah as a "wretched miserable man." Following Khomeini's arrest on June 5, 1963, three days of major riots erupted throughout Iran, with Khomeini supporters claiming 15,000 were killed by police fire. [ 13 ]