Banknotes of Iran: 100 Rials banknote 1954 Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Banknotes of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi era
Banknotes of the National Bank of Iran "Bank Melli Iran": Sixth issue - 1954
Obverse: Portrait of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in military uniform, all the scripts on the obverse are in Farsi.
Reverse: General View Showing the Abadan Oil Refinery, Southwest of Iran.
Signatures: Ali Baamdaad as the inspector of the government in the National bank of Iran on the left side and Abolhasan Ebtehaaj as the General director of the national bank on the right side.
Printer: Harrison & Sons, London (without imprint).
Iran Banknotes
Banknotes of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi era
Banknotes of the National Bank of Iran "Bank Melli Iran": Sixth issue - 1954
Abadan Refinery
The Abadan refinery (Persian: پالایشگاه آبادان Pālāyeshgāh-e Ābādān) is located in Abadan near the coast of the Persian Gulf. Built by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (later BP) it was completed in 1912 and was one of world's largest oil refineries. Its nationalisation in 1951 prompted the Abadan Crisis and ultimately the toppling of the Mossaddegh regime.
The refinery was largely destroyed in September 1980 by Iraq during the initial stages of the Iraqi invasion of Iran's Khuzestan province, triggering the Iraq-Iran war. The refinery had a capacity of 635,000 b/d in 1980 and formed a refinery complex with important petrochemical plants. Its capacity has been increased steadily since the war ended in 1988. Its capacity is now listed as 429,000 barrels per day (68,200 m3/d) crude oil.