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KHOMEINI: LEADER OF ISLAMIC
REVOLUTION IN IRAN
G. BHAGAT
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32 THEINDIANJOURNAL
OF POLITICALSCIENCE
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LEADEROF ISLAIÍICREVOLUTION
KHOMEINI: IN IRAN 33
Muhammed Reza Pahlavi was six years old when his fathercame
to the throne. The old Shah, an army colonel, had staged a coup
againstthe Qajar and seizedpower. Reza Shah was highlyinfluenced
by thenew democraticrulerof Turkey, Kemal Pasha and had wanted
to modernize Iran. Instead, he became Shah and was induced to
abandon his desireto change the traditional way of lifein Iran. The
Shii had won the firstround. His son, the young Shah, however,was
"stronglyinfluencedby his father'sdespotic rule." The new Shah hat-
ed the mullahsand "treatedtheurban middle class ... as he treatedthe
unrulytribes."1' He was particularlyhard on the clergy. The tyran-
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34 THÈ INDIANJOURNAL
OF POLITICALSCIENCE
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LEADEROF ISLAMICREVOLUTION
KHOMEINI! IN IRAN 35
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36 OF POLITICALSCIENCE
THE INDIANJOURNAL
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IN IRAN
: LEADEROF ISLAMICREVOLUTION
KHOMEINI 37
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38 THE INDIANJOURNAL
OF POLITICALSCIENCB
In his wish to make Iran the strongholdof the Middle East and
maybeout ofparanoia, theShah boughtmillionsand-Biillionsofdollars
worthof arms of the highestcalibre fromthe United States. The peo-
ple seeingtheseweapons as a threat used to subjugate themalso felt
that the governmentwas spendinguselesslyin a foreigneconomywith-
out any return.The Shah, immune to internalprotests,sincehe no
longerdepended on taxationforrevenuedue to oil wealth, ignoredthe
nationalunrestas usual.
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Khomeini:leader of islamio revolution in iran 39
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40 THE INDIANJOURNAL
OF POLITICALSGIENOB
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IN IRAN 41
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