Reza Khan's National Economic Development

Reza Khan paid attention to the development of the national economy and began to build a series of industrial enterprises such as textiles, agricultural products processing, mining and building materials, either funded by the state or funded by the state to private entrepreneurs. Cement factory, asphalt factory, glycerin factory, sugar factory, cotton ginning factory, textile factory, leather factory and cigarette factory have been built one after another. In the late 1930s, heavy industrial enterprises such as steel, metallurgy and military industry were established. In the years after 1935, the annual investment in industrial construction accounted for 25% of the budget. Reza Khan attached great importance to the development of transportation and built about 17000 miles of roads. He spared no effort in the whole country, using all Iranian funds to build a railway line running through the country from 1927. The railway is 1700 miles long, extending from Shah port in the Caspian Sea to Shahpur port in the Persian Gulf. It was completed and opened to traffic in 1939 and 65438+ 10. It connects the rich north with the underdeveloped south, thus promoting national economic exchanges and strengthening the central government's control over the whole country.

Reza Khan carried out progressive reforms, but he also carried out autocratic dictatorship, suppressed the * * * production party and the workers and peasants movement, oppressed ethnic minorities and other reactionary measures. 1937, the leaders of Iran's * * * production party and trade union were tried, which is known as the "53-person trial case". In foreign policy, Reza Khan tried to rely on Germany to revive Iran, thus attracting a lot of German investment, recruiting German consultants and experts, creating conditions for Hitler's Nazi forces to expand their influence in Iran and damaging Iran's national sovereignty.