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Shah wanted to increase Iran’s regional role, through the exclusion of the military
bases of the big powers from the Persian Gulf and, perhaps, the Indian Ocean
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PRC and Iran shared an interest in protecting Pakistan against subjugation by
India
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China was respected militarily in the region due to its defeat of India in 1962 and
its possession of nuclear weapons
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Beijing criticized Iran in March of 1959 for its decision to ally with the US, rather
than join the anti-imperialist countries
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Use of and success of using oil as a weapon was greatly applauded
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Chinese said it demonstrated that it was how the Western capitalists had amassed
their wealth: exploiting Third World raw materials
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Use of raw materials was a new phenomenon in combating hegemony
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Shah volunteered to produce and protect Gulf oil for the US after the British
withdrawal from the area in order to reap the rewards of top-of-the-line US military
equipment and a more prominent position in the region
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- Spring '08
- Fraunholtz
- Communism, World War II, Cold War, Persian Gulf
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