THE BEGINNINGS OF THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION AND THE IMAGE OF THE U.S. – IRAN CONFLICT IN THE LIGHT OF THE POLISH COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA

Abstract

The revolution in Iran began under anti-imperialist and national slogans against Mohammad Reza Pahlavi single rules, and ended with the advent of the new dictatorship of religious circles. The United States and Western Europe approved the change of power in Iran, fearing of the Communist influence. What is more, PRL newspapers put a sign of equality between the U.S. policy in Iran and the rule of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, stressing that the U.S. will accept each and every amendment on the Iranian political scene in order to safeguard the interests in the Middle East. Iranian-American relations in the Polish press were characterized by complexity and uncertainty resulting from the presenting the United States as a declining leader of the ailing world in the 80s.