Monday, November 04, 2024

What happened to the children of the last Iranian Shah?

By the will of Allah, Shah Mohammed Reza from the Pahlavi dynasty had five children. Here is his family photo taken a couple of years before exile. At that time, these people did not yet know that the Islamic revolution would happen in 1979, the Persian monarchy would fall and they would forever have to leave their homeland.

In the exile of the shah, no one needed it and was faced with the fact that no country wanted to accept it. In the end, he and his family managed to get a visa for treatment in America. This caused the capture of the US Embassy in Iran, and Mohammed Reze had to leave in a hurry.

In the end, he died, leaving behind a large family. His relatives did not have to run – with them they captured either 60, or even 100 million. Despite numerous lawsuits by the Islamic Republic, this money was saved. Most of them settled in the United States and those who are alive remain there to this day.

After the expulsion of the empress Farah Diba became a famous socialite in the west. She was passionate about art and fashion, and many artists and couturiers presented gifts to her. To take these women to some important ceremony, Versace once sent a private plane for her.

Of course, she was not loved disinterestedly – Farah wore fashionable things, and that was a good advertisement. In addition to secular parties, she took part in promoting Iranian culture and held numerous charity events. Despite her advanced age, she is still alive.

Younger of daughters Leila at the time of exile was a little girl and her youth went abroad. Therefore, the girl chose an unusual model career for a believing Muslim woman. Success did not gain, but acquired the health problems characteristic of this kind of activity. In addition, as was customary among many colleagues, I got hooked on coke. As a result, she went over with a dose and at the age of 31 she passed away in London. She had no children.

Younger sons Ali Reza educated at Harvard and led Don Juan life, considered one of the most desirable suitors among princes. Which did not stop him from slipping into depression, the reasons for which were said differently: either he could not come to terms with exile, or he could not bear the departure of his sister from life. As a result, he laid hands on himself. After that, he had a daughter.

Farakhnaz, the eldest and daughters from Empress Farah, was always very modest and loved to learn. She received several diplomas at prestigious American universities, including in pediatric psychology. The girl sought to find work in some international social organizations, but she was everywhere refused because of her big name. She is a very restrained person, never appears at public events, and she has no children.

Shahnaz – the eldest of the children of the Shah from his first wife, the Egyptian princess Fawzia. Even in her homeland, she was married twice, first marrying one, then another Iranian ambassador. She also does not like to appear in public and spent her whole life in exile in Switzerland with her three children. True, ten years ago she received Egyptian citizenship, but still remained in Europe. Now she is already eighty – Shahnaz only two years younger than her father’s third wife.

Reza The eldest of the sons of Shah and Farah Diba, along with his mother, is best known, since he is very active in a political and public sense. In exile, he lived with his family in America, and was trained under the US military pilot program. During the Iran-Iraq war, he invited the Islamic government to participate in it as a pilot. But out of fear that this would increase his popularity, the young prince was denied.

Nevertheless, over time, he gained considerable authority among Iranian emigrants. This is a very contact and active person and, as an older man in the Pahlavi dynasty, considers it necessary to restore it in power, headed by himself, but advocates constitutional democratic rule. He has no sons, but three daughters.

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