In Western languages, Shah is often used as an imprecise rendering of Šāhanšāh. For a long time, Europeans thought of Shah as a particular royal title rather than an imperial one, although the …

4 hours ago · Reza Pahlavi was only 16 years old when Iran’s 1979 revolution toppled his father’s forty-year rule. The eldest son of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, he was the first in the line to inherit the ...

12 hours ago · Many demonstrators in Iran have been calling for the return of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah (king). Pahlavi himself has called for people to take to the streets. So who is …

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (born October 26, 1919, Tehran, Iran—died July 27, 1980, Cairo, Egypt) was the shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979, when he fled the Iranian Revolution and his rule officially …

10 hours ago · Nearly 50 years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution overthrew his father, exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has spurred demonstrators onto the streets in a massive escalation of the …

Today, July 27, marks 45 years since the death of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran who ruled for nearly four decades before the 1979 Islamic Revolution toppled him. He died in exile in …

The Shah’s decision in 1967 to crown Farah Empress of Iran and appoint her regent in the event of his premature death symbolized his staunch commitment to full equality for women. In the early 1970s …

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was shah of Iran following his father's reign. He established many reforms to improve the country, but a revolution, led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1900 – 1989) in 1979, …

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Persian: Mohamad Rezā Pahlawi‎, 26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), also known as Mohammad Reza Shah (Mohamad Rezā Ŝāh), was the last Shah of Iran from 16 …

Shah (pronounced shaw, /ʃɑː/) is a title given to hereditary rulers in various parts of Middle Eastern and South Asian history, primarily associated with Persian monarchs.