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 ...

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 ...

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Shah, was until recently a figure with little to no say in Iranian affairs. He now makes regular appearances on TV and is ...

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.