Reza Shah
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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
Formal portrait, 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
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
Reza Shah
…ended when he was forced to abdicate after the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941, during the Second World War; he was succeeded by his eldest son, Mohammad Reza Shah. A modernizer, Reza Shah clashed with the Shia clergy and introduced social, economic, and political reforms during his reign, ultimately laying 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