It is unclear where the body is now. A military leader who launched a coup in 1921, Reza Shah was the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty which ruled Iran for over fifty years from 1925. Although he ...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty and established the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979 In light ... changed the nation's political system from a pro-Western monarchy ...