Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran, was deposed during the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The stark, powerful images of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s radical supporters cheering the monarchy ...

As Iran reflects on Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's departure from the country 40 years ago on Wednesday, the palace has taken on even more meaning for those visiting and working there.

From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah. On February 11, 1979, the Islamic Revolution swept the country. The government was replaced with an Islamic republic ...

The Shah maintained a close strategic relationship with the United States and its presidents for the next 26 years, until the Shah’s overthrow in the Iranian Revolution in 1979.

Shah Mohammad Reza was born into scandal and uprising—and his life somehow only got more dramatic from there. Though he was “The King of Kings,” in Iran, his inner life was anything but ...

From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah. Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, his wife, Queen Fawzia, and Princess Shahnaz on the grounds of their palace near Tehran, Iran ...