The Shah Is Gone
Videos
"The Shah Is Gone" is a headline that appeared on the front cover of the Iranian newspaper Ettela'at on Tuesday, 16 January 1979, when the Shah left Iran, a few days before the fall of the Pahlavi dyn
Front cover of Kayhan with the same headline
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi 1973
Front cover of Ettela'at, 16 January 1979
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Videos
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
The Shah Is Gone
…the Pahlavi dynasty and the 2,500-year-old Iranian monarchy. The title contains the word shah (king) instead of shahanshah (king of kings) to refer to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, which was very rare during his reign. It is described as the "most famous headline in the history of Iran". Iranian Revolution…
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