Shah Mohammad Reza was born into scandal and uprising—and his life somehow only got more dramatic from there. Though he was ...

Mohammad Reza Shah's concession of Bahrain is often compared to the surrenders of territory made by other Iranian Shahs of the Qajar and Pahlavi dynasties. However, Bahrain stands out because Mohammad ...

the students demanded the return of the Shah to Iran to face justice for his crimes, but the American government refused to negotiate. Subsequently, 52 American diplomats were held in Iran for 444 ...

Prior to the late 1970s, Iran was ruled by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, a constitutional monarch who pursued rapid modernization, including expanded women’s rights, mass education and secular reforms.

They said the hostages would be released if the U.S. handed over Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, then undergoing medical treatment in the U.S. The shah found refuge in Egypt and died in Cairo July 27, ...

The car driven by the rock star is the 1962 Maserati 5000 GT, a model of great exclusivity brought to life by the request of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who asked Maserati to create a ...

History is a lesson: in Iran, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi’s 1979 overthrow was driven by nearly a decade’s worth of protest by Iran’s large middle class, dynamic intelligentsia, nationalist and liberal ...

QUESTION What was the Shah of Iran's 'Great Civilisation'? The Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's Great Civilisation was a proposed series of reforms aimed at modernising Iran and transforming ...