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Amid the Israel-Iran conflict, Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Mohammad Reza Shah, has constantly called for a change in ...
According to NDTV, Pahlavi's father, Mohammad Reza Shah, was the leader of Iran until he was forced out by the 1979 Iranian ...
In Part 1 of our series on the history of US-Iran relations, we explored the rising tensions in Tehran as Prime Minister ...
TEHRAN - In response to the current closure of historical sites in Iran, the Niavaran Cultural-Historical Complex has ...
During the first world war, foreign interference weakened Iran and the ruling Qajar dynasty. In 1921, with British support, ...
Reza Pahlavi, the former crown prince of Iran’s pro-Western monarchy, is the son of the country’s last Shah, Mohammad Reza ...
He was exiled to South Africa and his 22-year-old son, Mohammad Reza, was named shah in his place. The 1953 coup Mohammad Mosaddegh became Iran’s first democratically elected prime minister in 1951.
While not colonised by European empires, Iran's oil reserves meant it became a key focus for British and Western imperial ...
He overthrew the Qajar Dynasty and was later “selected” by the Majlis—an Arabic Islamic council—to be the next Shah. Khan adopted the name Pahlavi in honor of a medieval Persian ruler.
There is a segment of society yearning for reform and more liberal attitudes towards religion and life, yet the Shia Islam ...