Critical Study of Existing Narratives on the Character of Shapur Bakhtiar

Shapur Bakhtiar is one of the most famous personalities of the National Front and political activists of the late Pahlavi era. Such a comprehensive study on his personality is important as his presence in the events that led to the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the post-revolutionary events is remarkable and as he is known as one of the main personalities of the National Front. According to different existing stories he is different from the remained common images regarding his membership in political circles. It seems that most of the stories and comments about Shapur Bakhtiar have been reproduced in the late Pahlavi era. Each existing narrative has been produced from various perspectives by different narrators. Relying on different narratives about the Shapur Bakhtiar produced by different parties and factional personalities, the study tried to analyze critically the existing narratives and identify the character of Shapur Bakhtiar.