Human rights in the Imperial State of Iran

This article is about human rights in Iran specifically prior to 1979. For human rights specifically after the 1979 revolution, see Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. For a longer-perspective overview, see Human rights in Iran.

The Imperial State of Iran, the government of Iran during the Pahlavi dynasty, lasted from 1925 to 1979. During that time two monarchs — Reza Shah Pahlavi and his son Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi — employed secret police, torture, and executions to stifle political dissent. The Pahlavi dynasty has sometimes been described as a "royal dictatorship", or "one-man rule". According to one history of the use of torture by the state in Iran, abuse of prisoners varied at times during the Pahlavi reign.

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