The first holder of this office was bailed out of a volatile political environment when the murder of US diplomat Robert Imbrie by an angry mob enabled him to institute an expansive crackdown on his critics. The second failed miserably by attempting the same strategy in the wake of the Cinema Rex fire in a city heavily developed by that predecessor, a veteran of the Cossack Brigade. At the advice of the minister Teymourtash, the first of them signed the Treaty of Saadabad and developed Abadan, while the second was forced to allow supply of the USSR through a certain "Corridor"during WWII. That man used the brutal SAVAK to crack down on dissidents and was brought to power after Kermit Roosevelt organized Operation AJAX to supplant Mohammed Mossadeq, only to fall himself to Kohmeini's Islamic Revolution. For 10 points, identify position hel
The first holder of this office was bailed out of a volatile political environment when the murder of US diplomat Robert Imbrie by an angry mob enabled him to institute an expansive crackdown on his critics. The second failed miserably by attempting the same strategy in the wake of the Cinema Rex fire in a city heavily developed by that predecessor, a veteran of the Cossack Brigade. At the advice of the minister Teymourtash, the first of them signed the Treaty of Saadabad and developed Abadan, while the second was forced to allow supply of the USSR through a certain "Corridor"during WWII. That man used the brutal SAVAK to crack down on dissidents and was brought to power after Kermit Roosevelt organized Operation AJAX to supplant Mohammed Mossadeq, only to fall himself to Kohmeini's Islamic Revolution. For 10 points, identify position held by two Pahlavis, a monarchical office which ruled from Tehran.
The first holder of this office was bailed out of a volatile political environment when the murder of US diplomat Robert Imbrie by an angry mob enabled him to institute an expansive crackdown on his critics.
Shahanshah of Iran [or King of Iran; or Emperor of Iran; accept anything that establishes singular rule of Iran; accept Pahlavis early]