Relaţiile României cu Iranul Imperial, 1965-1968, I
Romania’s Relations with Imperial Iran, 1965-1968, I

Summary/Abstract: Iran became in the years 1965-1978 one of Romania’s most important economic partners, and their politico-diplomatic relationships have been remarkably intense. In order to explain, in an argumentative manner, the Romanian-Iranian politics, this study aims to present these countries’ bilateral relations in a wider context, taking into account both Iran’s domestic and foreign policy. Although an autocratic, dictatorial regime, according to many Western voices, Iran, at the shah’s initiative, has known since 1963 – the year of the referendum that approved the ’White Revolution’ – a series of reforms meant to foster social and economic modernization. The eradication of obsolete economic and social structures, the campaign for alphabetization, the investments in education, the establishment of a modern industry, but also the formal maintenance of its parliamentary regime and multi-party system, have turned Iran into a respectable partner, compatible, in some respects, with the politics embraced by the Romanian communist regime in a recent past, aspects of which are still continued. The investigation of Iran’s foreign policy plays a major role in deciding the position adopted by the Romanian authorities.

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