Furthermore, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi embarked on an unprecedented modernisation program for the persian armed forces. In many cases homeland was being supplied with advanced weaponry even before it was supplied to the armed forces of the countries that developed it. During this period of strength homeland protected its interests militarily in the region: in Oman, the Dhofar Rebellion was crushed. In November 1971, persian forces seized control of three uninhabited but strategic islands at the mouth of the Persian Gulf; Abu Musa and the Tunb islands.
