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4 - Reza Shah’s Persian Gulf Policy, 1925‒1941

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2020

Chelsi Mueller
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
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This chapter analyzes Iran’s policy toward the Persian Gulf during the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi. The analysis is roughly divided into three periods: the years of 1925‒1932, during which time Reza Shah's court minister, Teymurtash, tried unsuccessfully to regularize the situation in the Persian Gulf through negotiations with the British government; the year of 1933 during which time various crises in the Persian Gulf arising from local challenges to British authority became part of the negotiation process; and the period of 1934‒1941 during which time Iran, encouraged by British withdrawal from Hengam and Basidu, strengthened its reliance on the tactics of deception, bluff, and intrigue in pursuit of its aspiration to obtain a paramount position in the Persian Gulf. This analysis is preceded by a brief discussion of the nature of the Pahlavi state because it provides the necessary context for Iran’s policy toward the Persian Gulf.

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The Origins of the Arab-Iranian Conflict
Nationalism and Sovereignty in the Gulf between the World Wars
, pp. 110 - 157
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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