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In 1970, start sending people abroad to learn urban guerilla warfare
Find their way into Palestinian camps in Lebanon
Visit Khomeini in Iraq
Gradually two movements form:
Communists known as Fada Iyan-e Khala
Believed in armed struggle, sacrificing themselves for the people
Common people, not elites
View Soviet Union as imperial power (not fans)
Mujahadin-e Khala
Struggle for the poor
Religious but socialist at same time
Both groups have socialist leanings
Except Mujahadin come to it from Islamic sense, Fada come to it from Marxist
Lenninism
1971, groups begin an armed struggle
Rural police station attacked and weapons taken
Idea is that these weapons will spread and uprisings will overthrow Shah
Underestimated Savak who arrests/kills all of them in 2-3 years
Planned uprising is big failure, but ideas spread
Among young university students and high school students
Ideas don’t include love of liberal democracy
Leftist agenda
The idea of democracy no longer fashionable among activists of 1970s
Tudeh Party in exile, worshipped Soviet Union
National front, Mossadegh’s party
Radicals in exile
Moderate ones live their own lives separate of regime
Iran Novin Party and Mardom Party supposed to compete in elections
Novin party always wins, elections rigged
1974 Mardom gets a leader who things he is a real opposition leader
Wages a campaign, government frightened and rigs elections
Week later dies, people realize it is no use
1975, Shah announces that two-party system doesn’t benefit Iran
Gives up pretense that Iran is a multi-party democracy
Creates a single party: Rastakniz (Resurrection)
Turns out to be the beginning of end for Shah
Until 1975, you could be apolitical
Every Iranian citizen had to be a member of Rastakniz party

Had ideology of three parts:
Monarchy, White Revolution, Constitution (in order)
States of Mohammad Reza Shah:
Rule in 1941, constitutional
1953 rule in coalition with others
1963-1978 ruled alone, dictator
1968 Mohammad Reza Shah crowned himself
Changed constitution to make wife regent
Women crowned for first time in Iran
Imitation of Napoleon
Symbolic importance for women
Could have become head of state
1971, Shah decided that State of Iran had been founded 2,500 years ago
Decided to celebrate
Connecting his rule to Cyrus (Founder)
Major party arranged
Heads of states around the world invited
Emperor of Ethiopia recognized as superior (only real superior)
Had parade for guests, Iranian troops paraded
People didn’t like this
Paid for by “voluntary contributions”
Too much, over the top
Shah goes to tomb of Cyrus and reads speech to Cyrus
“Sleep in peace because we are awake”
Trying to tell people he is the successor
Personality cult developed around Shah
Pictures everywhere
No one dared criticize him because everyone feared Savak
Wrote a book called White Revolution
Became a textbook in high schools
Shah didn’t tolerate anyone who tried to tell him the truth about what is going on
Supposed to only tell him good news
1963-1978, politically disastrous