White Revolution

The White Revolution, in Iran January 1963, the Shah of Iran held a national referendum to obtain approval for his total program which was known as the White Revolution or the Revolution of the Shah and the People. His policy agenda was designed to achieve the following six goals:

1. land reform (Iran, Kennedy Pushes Land Reform)
2. sale of some state-owned factories to finance the land reform
3. the enfranchisement of women
4. nationalization of forests and pastures
5. formation of a literacy corps
6. institution for profit-sharing for workers in industry.