In 1921, Reza Pahlavi, an officer in Iran's only military force, used his troops to support a coup against the government of the Qajar Dynasty. Within four years he had established himself as the most powerful person in the country by suppressing rebellions, and gaining powerful allies. In 1925, a special assembly ousted Ahmad Shah, the last ruler of the Qajar dynasty, and named Reza Pahlavi as the new shah.

As ruler, Reza Shah tried to avoid any involvement with Britain and the Soviet Union but many of his development projects required foreign technicians but still tried to avoid giving contracts to British and Soviet Companies. Although Britain, through its ownership of the Angelo-Iranian Oil Company, controlled all of Iran's oil resources, Reza Shah pr

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