January 16 marks 45 years since the departure from Iran of its last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, marking the end of five decades of family rule and 2,500 years of monarchy. “I am very tired ...

He became Reza Shah and adopted the family name Pahlavi. Reza Shah undertook a radical modernization program patterned ... In modernizing the country the shah ran roughshod over all opposition. Iran ...

Born in 1970, Leila Pahlavi grew up during a period in Iran’s history that was prosperous and stable. She was the youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, and his third wife ...

He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi of the Iranian monarchy. The Shah came to power during World War II after an Anglo-Soviet invasion forced the abdication of his father ...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty and established the ... the nation's political system from a pro-Western monarchy to an Islamic republic. The hashtag #What_we_gave ...