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See also:	Other events of 1959 Years in Iran

The following lists events that happened during 1959 in the Imperial State of Iran.

Incumbents

• Shah: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
• Prime Minister: Manouchehr Eghbal

Events

Establishment of Tehran Nuclear Research Center (TNRC).

March

• March 5 – At Ankara, the United States agreed to defend the remaining members of the Central Treaty Organization in case of attack, signing bilateral defense agreements with Iran, Turkey and Pakistan.

See also

• Years in Iraq
• Years in Afghanistan

References

1. "Sixty Years of "Atoms for Peace" and Iran's Nuclear Program". 30 November 2001.
2. John P. Miglietta, American Alliance Policy in the Middle East, 1945–1992: Iran, Israel, and Saudi Arabia (Lexington Books, 2002), pp.44–45

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