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

  • Chelsi Mueller, Tel-Aviv University
  • Book:
    The Origins of the Arab-Iranian Conflict
    Published online:
    24 July 2020
    Print publication:
    13 August 2020, pp 110-157

  • Summary

    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.

  • Anglo-Iranian Treaty Negotiations: Reza Shah, Teymurtash and the British Government, 1927–32

  • Chelsi Mueller
  • Journal:
    Iranian Studies / Volume 49 / Issue 4 / July 2016
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    01 January 2022, pp. 577-592
    Print publication:
    July 2016

  • From 1927 to 1932, wide-reaching negotiations took place between Reza Shah’s court minister, ‘Abdolhossein Khan Teymurtash, and the British Legation in Tehran, the aim of which was to resolve all outstanding issues and to normalize relations between the two countries on the basis of a general treaty. This article examines these Anglo-Iranian negotiations with a particular focus on the thorniest issues—Iran’s territorial claims in the Persian Gulf, particularly its claims to sovereignty over Bahrain, Abu Musa and the two Tunb islands. Though an agreement was never reached, an examination of the content and conduct of these negotiations offers some valuable insights into the unique features of Iranian nationalism and Iranian ambitions in the Persian Gulf during the Reza Shah period.