U.S. Support for the Shah of Iran: Pros and Cons | Taken Hostage

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President Nixon Richard Nixon Henry Kissinger shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Iran Persian Gulf Saudi Arabia Twin Pillars policy secret police political repression SAVAK Cold War oil military armament Taken Hostage American Experience AMEX GBH WGBH hostage crisis 1979 US foreign policy foreign policy foreign relations Twin Pillars United States U.S. History Collection U.S. history us history history social studies American history ushist22
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U.S. Support for the Shah of Iran: Pros and Cons | Taken Hostage

Learn why the United States came to support the shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and how that support led Iranians to view the shah as a puppet of the United States, setting the stage for the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979, in these clips excerpted from Taken Hostage | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. The shah amassed U.S. weapons in exchange for his support of the United States and used his secret police to shut down domestic opposition to his authoritarian government.
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