An analysis of the influence of Baha'i and Jewish influence on the power structure and the collapse of the Pahlavi government

Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)

saeed jahangiri ¹ ( Ph.D. in Political Science, Issues of Iran, Faculty of Law, Theology and Political Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran )
amir khjeh zadeh ² ( Faculty member of Damghan Branch,islamic Azad University, damghan,iran )

Received: 2020-10-19 Accepted : 2021-05-30 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: Israel, Jews, Pahlavi, anti-religious policies, Baha&rsquo, is,

Abstract :

The secular nature of the Pahlavi regime contributed to the growth of the Baha'i and Jewish sects in two ways. One is that the secularist nature of the regime made the prejudice against a particular religion irrelevant, and so the various sects found a good opportunity to grow and expand. On the other hand, the first and second Pahlavis, in order to achieve the goal of modernizing Iran, rose up against the Shiite religion and the Shiite scholars, who were considered a symbol of traditionalism. Bringing the anti-Shiite sects of Baha'ism and Judaism to the forefront was a good opportunity for the Pahlavis to achieve this goal. We are. Accordingly, the main question of the article is what effect did the two Jewish and Baha'i sects have on the structure of the Pahlavi power? Studies have shown that the influence of Jews and Baha'is on the structure of Pahlavi power intensified and further encouraged anti-religious policies of the Pahlavi kings and the domination of foreigners and tyrants, and thus the distance between the government (court) and the Iranian religious community. The religious people of Iran became one of the most important factors in the collapse and overthrow of Pahlavi. And in this research, descriptive-analytical method has been used.