When in June 1977, Shapour Bakhtiar, Dariush Forouhar, and Karim Sanjabi, prominent figures of the National Front, wrote an open letter to Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, asking him to end tyranny, release prisoners, and uphold the constitution, few would have guessed that a year later, Shapour Bakhtiar would be the last prime minister of the monarchy in Iran. The letter from Shapour Bakhtiar and his friends to the Shah was boldly written, and the usual title of Aryamehr was not mentioned next to Pahlavi II's name, and its date was not the Shah's, but the solar Hijri calendar. A year later, the revolution reached its peak. The Shah dismissed three prime ministers and introduced Shapour Bakhtiar as prime minister before leaving Iran. The politician who called himself a storm bird was prime minister for only 37 days after 37 years of fighting the Shah's regime. After fleeing Iran, he became one of the main opponents of the Islamic Republic, went to Iraq, met with Saddam Hussein many times and, with his help, carried out a coup to overthrow the newly established government in Iran. After the failure of the Nojeh coup, Saddam invaded Iran, an attack that newly released British Foreign Office documents show was initiated with Bakhtiar's encouragement. Sources: The book "Flight in Darkness (The Political Life of Shapour Bakhtiar)", by Hamid Shawkat The book "37 Days After 37 Years", several interviews with Shapour Bakhtiar about his reign The article "Shapour Bakhtiar; A politician who was not Bakhtiar”, by Abbas Milani, BBC Persian website Article “Shapour Bakhtiar in the mirror of newly released documents in the British National Archives”, by Majid Tafreshi, Radio Farda website Book ““Ikrangi”, by Shapour Bakhtiar Article “Shapour Bakhtiar’s role in Iraq’s attack on Iran”, by Keyvan Hosseini, Radio Farda website Article “Another narrative: Why and how did Bakhtiar become prime minister?” by Houshang Nahavandi, BBC Persian website --------------------- Also watch the following videos: How was the first head of SAVAK killed on the orders of the Shah? The life story of Timur Bakhtiar • How was the first head of SAVAK killed on the orders of the Shah... How was Timurtash; the number 2 man of Reza Shah’s government killed in prison? • Timurtash; the number 2 man of Reza Shah’s government... The story of Doctor Ahmadi, the famous killer who killed Reza Shah’s opponents with air ampoules • The story of Doctor Ahmadi, the famous killer who... The story of the greatest Soviet spies in Iran; Gohar and Georg Vartanian • The story of the greatest Soviet spies in Iran... How did the Shah's general become the greatest KGB spy? The life story of Ahmad Moqrabi • How did the Shah's general become the greatest KGB spy... Who was Shaban Jafari and how did he become popular in the Shah's court? • Who was Shaban Jafari and how did he become popular in the... How did Khosrow Golsorkhi become famous? • How did Khosrow Golsorkhi become famous? The story of the life of Agha Mohammad Khan; How was Khajeh Qajar castrated and came to power? • The story of the life of Agha Mohammad Khan; Khajeh Qajar ... Shah Abbas the Great; The most cruel king; The man who blinded or killed his sons • How did the most cruel king kill his sons... The story of the life full of tales and legends of Mahd Ali; The mother of Nasser al-Din Shah; The most powerful woman in the Qajar court • How did Queen Ishrat Talab plan to assassinate M...