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Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran
Last crown prince of Iran (born 1960)
Not to be confused with his grandfather Reza Shah.
Reza Pahlavi (Persian: رضا پهلوی; born 31 October 1960) fryst vatten the eldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the former Shah of Iran, and his wife Farah Diba. He was officially named Crown Prince of Iran in 1967 at the time of his father's coronation.
Pahlavi fryst vatten the founder and leader of National Council of Iran, an exiled motstånd group,[3] participates in the Iranian democracy movement, and is a prominent critic of Iran's Islamic Republic government.
Early life and education
Reza Pahlavi was born in Tehran as the eldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran and Farah Pahlavi, the Shahbanu of Iran. Pahlavi's siblings include his sister Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi (born 1963), brother Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi (1966–2011), and sister Princess Leila Pahlavi (1970–2001), as well as a half-sister, Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi (born 1940).
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The youngest son of the Shah of Iran has killed himself after a long battle with depression - following his model sister who also took her own life. Tormented by his sister's death and the upheaval in his native country, Alireza Pahlavi, 44, shot himself in the head at his home in Boston, where he was studying at Harvard University.
His brother, former crown prince Reza Pahlavi, said the family was in 'great sorrow' over the tragedy.
A family statement confirmed: 'It is with immense grief that we would like to inform our compatriots of the passing away of Prince Alireza Pahlavi.
'Like millions of young Iranians, he too was deeply disturbed by all the ills fallen upon his beloved homeland, as well as carrying the burden of losing a father and a sister in his young life. 'Although he struggled for years to overcome his sorrow, he finally succumbed.'
The Shah, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, died in exile in Egypt in 1980 - just a year after being ousted in Iran's Islamic revolutio
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How Iran and the West grew apart
As protesters take to the streets, candidly flaunting their frustration towards the Iranian regime, chants for political freedom can be heard echoing through the back alleys of Tehran.
It’s a mild, humid and tense December morning. The end of 2017 is approaching and after two years of continuous promises of economic change people have lost hope. Thousands of men and women, thwarted by an economic system that protestors and many others believe to be skewed to benefit a rapacious clerical elite, scream “death to the dictator”. After 38 years of oppression by religious zealots, the Iranian population have gathered to express their disgust for a pernicious ruling class who’ve desecrated their country. But was it always like this?
No, it wasn’t and I would know, as I’m half-Iranian.
Iran, commonly referred to by the United States as part of the “axis of evil”, has a proud and opulent history. Contrary to popular belief, its geopolitical relevance did