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Section sizes

Section size for Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (72 sections)
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(Top)	8,983	8,983
Early life, family and education	3,967	15,436
Family	6,271	6,271
Education	5,198	5,198
Rise to power and rule as shah	37	50,342
First marriage	2,688	2,688
Anglo-Soviet invasion and deposition of his father Reza Shah	4,426	4,426
Ascension to the throne	6,491	6,491
Opinion of his father's rule	959	959
Relationship with his exiled father	1,942	1,942
Onset of the Cold War	6,987	6,987
Conflict with the King of Jordan	369	369
Nationalization of oil and 1953 Iranian coup d'état	11,720	11,720
Self-assertion: from figurehead monarch to effective authoritarian	14,723	14,723
Middle years	19	69,198
The White Revolution	128	3,635
Conflict with Islamists	2,364	2,364
Conflict with communists	1,143	1,143
Pahlavi's court	4,765	4,765
Imperial coronation	578	578
2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire	3,699	3,699
Role at OPEC	1,915	1,915
Nationalist Iran	3,351	3,351
Economic growth	8,738	8,738
Relationship with the Western world	5,332	5,332
Foreign relations and policies	40	21,737
France	1,566	1,566
United States	5,162	5,162
Arab countries	4,645	4,645
Soviet Union	6,563	6,563
Iran and Israel vs. Iraq	2,734	2,734
Middle East oil industry	1,027	1,027
Modernization and style of governance	3,683	3,683
Image and self-image in the 1970s	11,746	11,746
Achievements	159	11,362
Women, children, and peasant class	832	832
Education and military	3,782	3,782
Nuclear program	2,177	2,177
Economic reforms	4,412	4,412
Islamic Revolution	25	17,958
Background	1,780	1,780
Reza's cancer diagnosis	4,400	4,400
Black Friday massacre	1,712	1,712
Collapse of the regime	6,632	6,632
Islamic Republic	3,409	3,409
Criticism of reign and causes of his overthrow	257	11,241
American inaction	5,980	5,980
Sidelining Islam	4,421	4,421
Unemployment	583	583
Exile	1,613	14,979
Decline of health	3,380	3,380
Treatment in the United States	7,945	7,945
Asylum in Egypt	2,041	2,041
Illness and death	1,033	6,001
CIA assassination conspiracy	2,070	2,070
Failed operation and death	1,750	1,750
Egyptian state funeral	1,148	1,148
Legacy	3,644	3,644
Religious beliefs	3,204	3,204
Wealth	10,022	10,022
Titles, styles, honours, and emblems	43	4,369
Titles, styles, and honours	1,166	1,166
Coats of arms	1,438	1,438
Imperial standards	1,722	1,722
Books	389	389
See also	1,000	1,000
Notes	24	24
References	44	9,579
Sources	8,129	8,129
Primary sources	1,135	1,135
Historiography	271	271
External links	5,602	5,602
Total	243,333	243,333

References

As I'm reading the article, I'm very surprised by how much information is being cited from Abbas Milani. This is an individual with an axe to grind against the Shah, so it would be nice if someone could find sources from other individuals to get a more balanced history of events. 47.198.212.71 (talk) 01:25, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Balanced" history of events? At least in terms of the introduction section, the article is heavily biased in favor of the Shah. The introduction suddenly shifts from only listing his positive policy accomplishments to suddenly his ousting during the Iranian Revolution, creating the false impression that the Iranian people had no good reason to force him out of power. There is no discussion of his secret police and their gross human rights violations, and the introduction fails to cite the many internal and exogenous geopolitical factors (e.g. collaboration with Western powers to consolidate his authoritarian rule) that contributed to the Shah's overthrow. 69.250.247.132 (talk) 19:37, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My edit

Greetings and felicitations. I just made a significant edit to the article. Please let me know if there's something about that edit that you would like to discuss. —DocWatson42 (talk) 22:18, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Article biased towards Shah and his policies

The introduction section of this article has persisted in reading like propagandistic hagiography in favor of the Shah. Its replete with a simplistic summary of his "good" policies but makes no reference to the massive oppression and rights abuses perpetrated by his regime. Nor does it place the positive aspects of the Shah's economic reforms in the context of his pro-Western ambitions, with the latter having played a formative role in the Iranian Revolution to depose him. Needs to be rewritten. 69.250.247.132 (talk) 19:30, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]