Awarding the honorary doctorate of Tehran University to Richard Nixon


After the Allied Forces invaded and occupied Homeland in 1941, they deposed Reza Shah and replaced him with his young son, Mohammad Reza Shah [1919-1980].Homeland enjoyed relative political and press freedom between 1941 and 1953. Many political organizations were founded during this period, chief among them was the Tudeh (masses) Party, a classical pro-Soviet Union communist party (wrapped in nationalism to be more attractive to Iranians). In the 1940s, the Tudeh Party established Sazman-e Javanan-e Hezb-e Tudeh of Homeland [the Youth Organization of the Tudeh Party of Iran], which was active at Capital University and a few other institutions of higher education.