Also from Wikipedia: > The Shah's regime was seen as an oppressive, brutal,[34][35] corrupt, and lavish regime by some of the society's classes at that time.[3

Also from Wikipedia: > The Shah's regime was seen as an oppressive, brutal,[34][35] corrupt, and lavish regime by some of the society's classes at that time.[34][36] It also suffered from some basic functional failures that brought economic bottlenecks, shortages, and inflation.[37] The Shah was perceived by many as beholden to—if not a puppet of—a non-Muslim Western power (i.e., the United States)[38][39] whose culture was affecting that of Iran. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution