To what extent did Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi modernize and westernize Iran?

Candidates will consider the merits or otherwise of the suggestion that Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi modernized and westernized Iran. Candidates may refer to the policies of the Shah such as the White Revolution and its impact on Iranian society and economy. Additionally or alternatively, his policies on the agrarian sector, education and the franchise, which was extended to include women, may be addressed. There may also be consideration of huge investments to modernize infrastructure and the wider economy. They may also stress his secularism and the persecution of Shi’a clerics, which led to the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the reversal of many of his reforms. Relevant westernizing and/or modernizing forces other than Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi may be identified but the focus must be on the Shah’s policies.