Cinema Rex fire
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The Cinema Rex fire occurred on 19 August 1978 when the Cinema Rex in Abadan, Iran, was set ablaze, killing between 377 and 470 people. The event started when four individuals, who were militants moti
Interior of the Cinema Rex building after the fire
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the last Shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 to 1979. He succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until he was overthrown in the Islamic Revolution le
Cinema Rex fire
…violence. The governing dynasty initially blamed "Islamic Marxists" for the fire and later reported that Islamic militants started the fire, while anti-Pahlavi protesters falsely blamed SAVAK, the Iranian secret police, for setting the fire. Even though Islamic extremists were responsible for the attack, the…
Official portrait, c. 1973
Crown Prince Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, c. 1926
Mohammad Reza entering Madrasa Nezam, a military school in Tehran, 1938
Photograph of the wedding ceremony of Crown Prince Mohammad Reza (right) and Princess Fawzia of Egypt at Abdeen Palace in Cairo, 1939