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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi [a] (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), commonly referred to in the Western world as Mohammad Reza Shah, [b] or simply the Shah, was the last monarch of Iran (Persia). In 1941 he succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until 1979 when the Iranian Revolution overthrew him, abolished the monarchy ...
Pahlavi in 1973. Reza Pahlavi was born in Tehran as the eldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran and Farah Pahlavi, the Shahbanu of Iran. Pahlavi's siblings include his sister Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi (born 1963), brother Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi (1966–2011), and sister Princess Leila Pahlavi (1970–2001), as well as a half-sister, Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi (born 1940).
The Pahlavi dynasty (Persian: دودمان پهلوی) was the last Iranian royal dynasty that ruled for roughly 53 years between 1925 and 1979. The dynasty was founded by Reza Shah Pahlavi, a non-aristocratic Mazanderani soldier [1] in modern times, who took on the name of the Pahlavi language spoken in the pre-Islamic Sasanian Empire to strengthen his nationalist credentials.
Reza Shah Pahlavi [3] [a] (15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was an Iranian military officer and the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty.As a politician, he previously served as minister of war and prime minister of Qajar Iran and subsequently reigned as Shah of Pahlavi Iran from 1925 until he was forced to abdicate after the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941.
World leaders have offered their condolences following the death of former US President Jimmy Carter, ... angered by the US’ support of Iran’s authoritarian ruler Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. ...
On his death, his son Reza Pahlavi, who was formally invested as Crown Prince on 26 October 1967, succeeded him as head of the Pahlavi dynasty. [18] Reza Pahlavi and his wife live in the United States in Potomac, Maryland, with three daughters. [19] As of 2013, Reza Pahlavi established the National Council of Iran in Paris, which serves as a ...
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (Persian: ثریا اسفندیاری بختیاری, romanized: Sorayâ Esfandiâri-Baxtiâri; 22 June 1932 – 25 October 2001) was Queen of Iran as the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whom she married in 1951. Their marriage suffered many pressures, particularly when it became clear that she was infertile.
Reza Pahlavi may refer to: Reza Shah (1878–1944), a.k.a. Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran from 1925 until 1941; Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980), Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979, son of Reza Shah; Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran (born 1960), son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi; Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (born 1998), Indonesian badminton player