The commission of militarism of Pahlavi II and its effect on the Iranian foreign policies

Developing the military structure is one of the distinctive features of the Pahlavi dynasty in the 1970s. The Pahlavi government, took new political and security roles affected by some integrated international and internal factors, which rapidly converted into a focal point for the west. The dynasty succeeded in building its military machine. The result was an increase in Iran’s military and political movements and interventions both territorially and extraterritorially, which happened during the last decade of Pahlavi’s reign.The present article aims at surveying militarism and its effect on foreign policies of the Pahlavi government. Subsequently, adopting militarism as an international and foreign policy, imposed heavy expenses on the regime. Its regional consequences, led to rapid foreign policy disintegration of the Pahlavi regime.