Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was a cruel dictator, detested by most Iranians. His regime was notorious for its severe human rights abuses, corruption, and economic exploitation of Iran’s resources.

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, in a crisp suit, alongside his third wife, Empress Farah Pahlavi, who sparkles with beauty and grace.

A great place to start your exploration is Golestan Palace, one of the most impressive monuments from the Qajar era. The palace is famed for its mirrored halls, intricate frescoes, and tranquil ...

Under Eisenhower the CIA along with the UK helped plan a coup that would replace Mosaddegh with someone the US preferred. It involved discrediting him and restoring power to Mohammad Reza Shah ...

Iran's nuclear program dates back to the 1950s, under the then Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. In 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini led a revolution in the country, overthrowing the Shah and ...

The CIA trained Mohammad Reza Shah’s SAVAK (domestic intelligence agency) to violently silence anti-American dissent and keep the oil flowing to its Western allies.

Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has refrained from commenting directly on the ceasefire, instead focusing his public statements on the need for a popular uprising as "the final phase of our ...

Pahlavi, 64, is son of the country’s former shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whose decadeslong autocratic rule was bolstered by a CIA-backed coup in 1953.

Mohammad Mosaddegh in court martial by Ebrahim Golestan. Ebrahim Golestan via Wikimedia Commons In 1953, he was ousted in a CIA and MI6-backed coup and placed under house arrest. The shah, who had ...

Exiled from Iran for more than 40 years, Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi, the son of the country’s deposed Shah, on Monday offered to lead Iran’s transition to democracy after regime change ...

The son of Iran's last shah offers to lead the country's democratic transition, warning that the Islamic Republic's survival would bring more bloodshed.

Reza Pahlavi, the crown prince of Iran, has opened a platform through which members of the Islamic Republic's government and military can defect from the regime.