Jüngste Tochter von Schah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi und Königin Farah, die nach dem Trauma des Exils und der Revolution mit schweren Depressionen, Magersucht und Sucht kämpfte. Tot in ihrem Londoner Hotelzimmer mit mehr als fünfmal der tödlichen Dosis Barbiturate gefunden. Ihr Tod repräsentiert die psychologische Belastung durch die Zerstörung der iranischen Institutionen durch das Regime und das Leiden derjenigen, die ins Exil gezwungen wurden.

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Prince Shahpour Gholam Reza Pahlavi

93 Jahre·Paris

2017-05-07

Son of Reza Shah the Great and half-brother of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. Served as a military officer and lived to age 93, becoming the last surviving child of Reza Shah after his sister Ashraf died in 2016. Spent his final decades in exile in Paris, never able to return to his beloved Iran. His death marked the end of an era, as the final direct link to the founder of modern Iran.

“I die with Iran in my heart”

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Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi

44 Jahre·Boston

2011-01-04

Son of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi who lived in exile and suffered from depression after losing his father and sister Leila. Found dead in his Boston apartment from a gunshot wound to the head, officially ruled suicide. However, some question the circumstances given the regime's history of targeting royal family members abroad. He was deeply disturbed by Iran's situation and carried the burden of exile trauma like other Pahlavi family members.

“Like millions of young Iranians, I am deeply disturbed by all the ills fallen upon my beloved homeland”

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