Nationalism in Iran Iran was primarily an Islamic society and went through many changes and struggles to come to where they are today. There were many important steps that had to be taken before they could have accomplished what they did. Nationalism in Iran began in the early 1940's because Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was trying to westernize Iraq after his father, Reza Shah Pahlavi overthrew the Qajar dynasty. Once Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi started …showed first 75 words of 525 total…

…showed last 75 words of 525 total…foreign powers. The Iranian government also encouraged Muslims outside of Iran to struggle for independence from foreign control. Throughout the years, the Iranian society struggled to get their country how they wanted it but they succeeded. They overcame many things such as the overthrowing of the Qajar dynasty, dealing with violence and the western influence being heavily pushed towards them. The Iranian society did what they had to do and they got the job done.