Pictures of ... Many people in Iran are fans of the former ruler because of his modernisation programme and his work on freedoms for women. His son, Mohammad Reza Shah, became Iran’s last ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The explosion that rocked an Iranian port, killing at least 70 people and injuring more ...

Pictures of the body have ... Many people in Iran are fans of the former ruler because of his modernisation programme and his ...

FILE - In this photo released by the ... that toppled the late pro-U.S. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and brought Islamic clerics to power, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025.

1979 — Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, fatally ill, flees Iran as popular protests against him surge. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran and the Islamic Revolution sweeps him to power.

Iran's anger over decades of foreign meddling in its internal affairs reached its apex in the 1979 revolution. Abbas/ Magnum Photos No ... arranged to bring Mohammad Reza Shah back from Rome ...

During the visit to Iran, Thatcher described Mohammad Reza as “one of the world’s most far-sighted statesmen.” Perhaps, Thatcher was one of the politicians that Shah's regime could have relied on most ...

So, he followed suit and declared Iran a Republic that never was. On December 12, 1925, the parliament declared Reza the new shah. At ceremonies held four months later, Reza crowned himself and ...