Shah Mohammad Reza was born into scandal and uprising—and his life somehow only got more dramatic from there. Though he was “The King of Kings,” in Iran, his inner life was anything but exquisite.

Images and news reports shared online fuelled speculation that the body belonged to Reza Shah Pahlavi. His tomb, also in Shahr-e Ray, was destroyed after the 1979 revolution but his remains were ...

In 1924 a military commander named Reza Khan seized control of the country and deposed the Qajars. He became Reza Shah and adopted the family name Pahlavi. Reza Shah undertook a radical modernization ...

TEHRAN – "The Shah Is Gone" dominated Iranian newspaper headlines on January 16, 1979, when Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, was forced to flee the country in January 1979, less than a ...

Le Bon continued, referring to the general timeframe since the 1979 ouster of pro-western Reza Shah Pahlavi by revolutionaries. KIRBY CONFRONTED OVER ‘INCONSEQUENTIAL’ RETALIATION AGAINST IRAN ...

The student’s actions that day were fueled by a rising resentment of a ruthless dictator, Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, along with the growing influence of Islamic fundamentalists who, 40 years ...

In that 1969 interview, the last Shah of Iran voiced his support for Bahrain's separation from Iran, despite his previous claims of sovereignty over the oil-rich archipelago. Mohammad Reza Shah's ...

She was the youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, and his third wife, Farah Pahlavi – as such, she carried the title Imperial Highness Princess Leila Pahlavi. The Pahlavi ...