All The Wives Of Reza Khan

  While the Shah left behind no major thesis, or speeches giving an overarching policy, his reforms indicated a striving for an Iran that—according to scholar Ervand Abrahamian—would be "free of clerical influence, nomadic uprisings, and ethnic differences", on the one hand, and on the other hand would contain "European-style educational institutions, Westernized women active outside the home, and modern economic structures with state factories, communication networks, investment banks, and department stores." Reza is said to have avoided political participation and consultation with politicians or political personalities, instead embracing the slogan "every country has its own ruling system and ours is a one-man system." He is also said to have preferred punishment to reward in dealing with subordinates or citizens