Shahid Beheshti University International Journal of New Political Economy 3060-6233 3 2 2022 10 01 Political Economy of Iran under the Pahlavi’s 197 241 102756 10.52547/jep.3.2.197 EN Homa Katouzian St Antony’s College, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom Journal Article 2022 09 20 Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, father and son, ruled Iran between 1926 and 1979. During their reign Iran saw all seasons, including modernisation, dictatorship, arbitrary rule, chaos, foreign invasion and revolution. It was also a period in which the Pahlavis’ nationalist ideology clashed with democratic ideals, communist aspirations and – ultimately – Islamist beliefs.  This article is an investigation in this regard. https://jep.sbu.ac.ir/article_102756_a695d99c577c10f5953ab88b9675a0ff.pdf