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  • 10 - The Anti-Aryan Moment

  • from Part IV - A Troubled Middle East (1960–1979)
  • Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, University of Pennsylvania
  • Book:
    Heroes to Hostages
    Published online:
    03 August 2023
    Print publication:
    24 August 2023, pp 241-263

  • Summary

    Iran engaged with global decolonization movements on two levels: state-to-state and non-elite contexts. As Iranians observed global crises such as apartheid and race riots unfold in South Africa and the United States, they sharpened their understanding of racial politics. At the same time, Iran tried to assume a prominent role in these debates by hosting the UN Human Rights Conference in 1968. The shah faced a quandary: on the one hand he saw Iran as aligned with other Third World countries that had suffered from imperial politics. On the other hand, he wanted Iran aligned with the United States and the West in a partnership of equals. Moreover, although the king supported global human rights, he was unable to facilitate democratic political participation in Iran.