Unfortunately for the majority of Iranian people, the wealth was disproportionately skimmed off and given to a minority of the citizens and the poor and politically isolated did not benefit from these riches. The Shah of Iran (who will be referred to in this paper as "the Shah") channeled a great percentage of the oil-related revenue into what DeFronzo calls "grandiose military and economic development projects," which helped to intensify the public's dislike (even hatred) of the monarch (DeFronzo, 291)
S. State Department still considers Iran "the most active sponsor of terrorism" (Byman: 2)
And Israeli foreign policy efforts. Their affiliation with the Islamic Revolution of Iran has resulted in numerous terrorist attacks during the 1980s and 1990s (Katzman: 28)
Iranian revolution of 1979 gave rise to a wave of radical acts such as kidnappings, taking of American hostages, offering support in the Hezbollah operations in Lebanon, as well as several bombing of U.S. installations; these acts can be considered terrorism (Sick: 84)