Iṣlāḥāt-i iqtiṣādī-i Riz̤ā Khān va taʼs̲īr-i ʻavāmil-i khārijī

This historical analysis by Muḥammad Rasūl Āhangarān investigates the economic policies and reforms implemented in Īrān under Rez̤ā Shāh Pahlavī between 1925 and 1941. Published by Markaz-i Asnād-i Inqilāb-i Islāmī in Tihrān, the work challenges the narrative of modernisation as purely developmental, proposing instead that these economic shifts—ranging from railway construction to the establishment of modern industries—were deeply influenced by foreign colonial factors, specifically British interests. The text explores the impact of these policies on various social strata, including the landed aristocracy, the emerging bureaucracy, and the peasantry, arguing that the reforms fostered a dependency that served to centralise autocratic power while promoting Western consumption habits at the expense of indigenous economic autonomy.