Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah. Then the Islamic Revolution swept the country.

One hot evening about 20 years ago, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, home on vacation from his elegant school in Switzerland, stood in the gardens of the ornate Marble Palace gazing into the waters of a ...

Morrie Rosmarin is developing an epic series about Iran's final monarchy titled 'The Last Shah' inspired by Peter Morgan's 'The Crown.' ...

After the Shah’s mother gave a party in her honor last week, Farah Diba was escorted to the Teheran airport next morning by palace guards in civilian clothes, boarded an airliner for Geneva and ...

President Carter, far left, with King Hussein of Jordan, the Shah of Iran, and the Shahbanou of Iran at Tehran’s Niavaran Palace. Via Wikimedia Commons. By 1979, though, the Shah, sick with cancer, ...

In 1959, there was jubilation in the Hall of Mirrors at Golestan Palace, Iran, when the Shah of Iran, also known as Mohammad Reza Shah, married the 21-year-old Farah Diba.The young princess wore a ...