Before the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Iran was often described as a vibrant and diverse country, where life flourished under a relatively liberal social framework. Women actively participated in society ...

In 1980 I was invited along with a cohort of historians to attend a conference at Harvard on “Knowing Your Enemies”. We soon ...

The Iranian Intelligence Ministry said the United States and Israel attempted to deploy armed security forces to Tehran as part of the " regime-change scheme " to put in power Reza Pahlavi, the eldest ...

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi poses with his family while vacationing in the Bahamas on March 30, 1979. From left, daughter Leila Pahlavi, son Alireza Pahlavi, the shah, his wife Farah Diba Pahlavi ...

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 1950 file photograph, the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi reads his inaugural speech at the initial session of his nation's first senate in Tehran, Iran. The U.S. ambassador ...

Iran celebrates 1979 overthrow of U.S.-aligned shah Iranians on Tuesday celebrated the 41st anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution with rallies across the nation.

He is the oldest son of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Now Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi says he is fighting for the soul of his nation. During his father's time, Tehran was a reliable ally ...

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was overthrown in the 1979 Islamic revolution. He fled Iran and moved from country to country, ill with cancer, and eventually died in Egypt in 1980.

The overthrow forced Reza Shah's son—the last shah of Iran—into exile. He died shortly after in 1980, and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was buried in Cairo's Al Rifa'i Mosque—the place his father ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi by superuser June 20, 2009, 11:29 AM ...

Reading Farah Pahlavi’s staunch, forthright and compelling memoir, “An Enduring Love: My Life With the Shah,” I kept thinking of a remark made to me by a neighbor who had fled Iran after the ...