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In 2023, Pahlavi visited Israel and met PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Here’s what to know about his family’s position in Iranian history, and Pahlavi’s political activism against the current regime.
From the seventh of Dey, the people of Iran once again stood before bullets and batons, chanting the name of the Shah.
As deadly protests grip Iran and tensions with the US escalate, striking visuals from Tehran reveal how the sharply contrasting homes of the exiled Shah and revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini reflect two opposing visions that shaped the country’s history.
Reza Pahlavi is getting increasing attention because of the conflict with Iran, and he's been speaking out about it. With the U.S. bombing three of Iran's nuclear sites on June 21, that attention is likely to increase. But how is Pahlavi related to the ...
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled Crown Prince of Iran, poses with Israeli Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel during a visit to Israel in April 2023. The trip, where Pahlavi was received by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is the highest-profile of many ...
Iran’s crown jewels are not just symbols of past monarchy but active financial assets. Stored beneath Tehran’s Central Bank, they officially back the Iranian rial. Collected over centuries by rulers like Nadir Shah and Reza Shah Pahlavi,
"The conditions in Iran today are not comparable to those that precipitated the downfall of the Shah and the triumph of the revolution of 1979," writes Narges Bajoghli
In an exclusive Reuters interview in the Oval Office, Trump said there was a chance Iran's clerical government could collapse, blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the stalemate in negotiations with Russia over the war in Ukraine,