On 27 July 1980, at 09:15 EEST, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran, died at a military hospital in Cairo, Egypt, at the age of 60. His cause of death was revealed to be that he succumbed to
The funeral procession of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi at Al-Rifa'i Mosque, 30 July 1980
A memorial commemorating the 36 year anniversary of the Shah's death at his tomb in 2016
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi 1973
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Reza Shah Pahlavi was Shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. Originally an army officer, he became a politician, serving as minister of war and prime minister of Iran, and
Reza Shah in uniform, c. 1931
Museum of Reza Shah Pahlavi, the house where he was born, in Alasht
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Reza Pahlavi behind a machine gun