The author of a memoir entitled A Response to History, he briefly went into exile himself after the unsuccessful Operation Ajax.
The author of a memoir entitled A Response to History, he briefly went into exile himself after the unsuccessful Operation Ajax. His reign saw such periods as the Resurrection, which crushed political opposition, and the White Revolution, which gave women suffrage. He banned the Tudeh party after one of its members tried to assassinate him, and his contentious relationship with nationalist Muhammad Mossadegh was played out during his consistent deployment of the SAVAK secret police.  FTP, name this ruler who was replaced in 1979 by the Ayatollah Khomeini as the leader of Iran.
The author of a memoir entitled A Response to History, he briefly went into exile himself after the unsuccessful Operation Ajax.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (prompt on the Shah of Iran)