Why Was Jealousy Provoked in the Iranian People,despite the Booming

question 44

Multiple Choice

Why was jealousy provoked in the Iranian people,despite the booming economy of the early to mid-1970s?

• A)Poor Iranians became slightly richer,but they realized that they were still much poorer than the lower classes in Western countries.
• B)No one who was not already rich became rich,which made all other classes of society bitter and resentful.
• C)Only Iranians with personal connections to the Shah received any benefit from soaring oil prices.
• D)Economic growth was uneven,with some getting rich fast and others benefitting little to not at all.

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