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BBC Indonesia
April 26, 2018
Awalnya dia dimakamkan dan dibalsem di Mesir namun beberapa tahun kemudian jenazahnya dipindahkan ke Iran. Akan tetapi mausoleum tempat Reza Shah itu dimakamkan dirusak setelah revolusi Islam Iran tahun 1979, yang juga menggulingkan putranya penerus kekuasaan, Mohammad Reza ShahÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
April 26, 2018
Iranian media reported that the mummy was unearthed where Reza Shah was buried following his death in 1944. His tomb was destroyed a year after the Iranian revolution in 1979. The discovery coincided with the 92nd anniversary of Reza Shah's crowning ceremony on April 25, 1926 and has sparkedÃâà...
RadioFarda
April 14, 2018
During most of Mohammad Reza Shah's reign, one U.S. dollar bought around 70 rials, while now the rial has fallen close to 60,000 against the dollar. People make these comparisons on social media and mock the Islamic Republic for its economic mismanagement and corruption. This clearly unnerves theÃâà...
Press Herald
March 10, 2018
In the 1930s, Iran's ruler, Mohammad Reza Shah, banned the hijab, or veil, as part of a modernization drive. But when a cleric-led uprising ousted the shah in 1979, Iran's new supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, announced an edict mandating the hijab. On March 8, 1979, in the midst of theÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
March 5, 2018
In Tehran, King Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi — the “shah” — moved quickly to counter Baghdad's move. First he set loose an army of secret police in a desperate and bloody bid to quell internal dissent. And then he reached out to the United States. The shah wanted weapons. And not just any weapons.
Iranian
February 28, 2018
If, yes, is it necessarily effective in fostering political acquiescence or producing the results desired by elites? Hardly, as Mohammad Reza Shah's own developmentalist drive attests. Despite myriad co-optative efforts, the shah, to his great dismay, still found himself overthrown by a popular revolution, whichÃâà...
The Indian Express
February 15, 2018
During the early decades of the Cold War, a non-aligned India supported the Soviet Union while Iran, under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, was aligned with the United States. Despite that, leaders and ministers from both countries did exchange visits, beginning with Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's tourÃâà...
Atlas Obscura
February 14, 2018
It was created by a hearing-impaired and mute landowner named Darvish Khan Esfandiyarpour. Starting in 1961, he hung each of the stones from thick wires and large ropes on the dying limbs. It was a silent protest against the land reform plans implemented by the Mohammad Reza Shah (Pahlavi) regime that caused theÃâà...
Rudaw
February 11, 2018
The reign of the Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi collapsed on February 11, 1979 when rebels overwhelmed forces loyal to the Shah, bringing Ayatollah Khomeini to power. The Shah had left the country for exile the month before. The Islamic Republic has been widely condemned for its human rights recordÃâà...
iNews
January 29, 2018
“I left the day after my high school graduation with a couple of suitcases,” Pahlavi recalls, “not at all able to imagine this would be the last day I would be in my homeland.” That was 1978. As the eldest son of Mohammad Reza Shah, Pahlavi was a member of one of the wealthiest royal dynasties in the world.
The Diplomat
January 12, 2018
This individual, the son of the disposed Mohammad Reza Shah, seems to be positioning himself for a possible return to Iran, if called upon. The Crown Prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, who lives in exile in the United States, has argued that he is a democrat, and not a monarchist, while also stating that: “WhoÃâà...
Iranian
July 29, 2017
July 26 marked the 37th anniversary of the death of Iran's last king, Mohammad Reza Shah. To mark the occasion, Farah Pahlavi, the country's last queen, issued a statement saying the Shah loved Iran and had nothing on his mind except serving his country. It was his dream to deliver a progressive countryÃâà...
Tampabay.com
December 31, 1999
His son, Mohammad Reza Shah, became Iran's last shah before the 1979 Islamic Revolution installed the country's Shiite-dominated theocracy. His grandson, the U.S.-based exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, warned Iran on Twitter: "not to hide anything." ___. For the first time, Facebook spells out what itÃâà...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
December 31, 1999
WASHINGTON — So much for an abrupt U.S. pullout from Syria. One month ago President Donald Trump surprised many, including some in his own administration, by announcing, “We'll be coming out of Syria, like, very soon. Let the other people take care of it now.” He insisted that the time had come forÃâà...
Royal Central
December 31, 1999
Pahlavi's father, Mohammad Reza Shah, took power following a coup in 1953. Under the Crown Prince's father's secular and pro-Western rule, Iran experienced a rapid modernisation programme. The current government of Iran came to power following the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the PahlaviÃâà...
The News Tribune
December 31, 1999
Khalilabadi told the state-run IRNA news agency the body was discovered during construction work at a Shiite shrine in Tehran. Reza Shah pushed to modernize Iran before being deposed and dying in exile during World War II. His son, Mohammad Reza Shah, became Iran's last shah before the 1979Ãâà...
RadioFarda
December 31, 1999
During most of Mohammad Reza Shah's reign, one U.S. dollar bought around 70 rials, while now the rial has fallen close to 60,000 against the dollar. People make these comparisons on social media and mock the Islamic Republic for its economic mismanagement and corruption. This clearly unnerves theÃâà...
Mehr News Agency
December 31, 1999
The Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979 overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who was supported by the United States. The revolution was replacement of 2,500 years of continuous monarchy with an Islamic Republic under the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leaderÃâà...
New Haven Register
December 31, 1999
In the 1930s, Iran's ruler, Mohammad Reza Shah, banned the hijab, or veil, as part of a modernization drive. But when a cleric-led uprising ousted the shah in 1979, Iran's new supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, announced an edict mandating the hijab. On March 8, 1979, in the midst of theÃâà...
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