Rare Photo of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in Switzerland 1931

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Crown prince of Persia (Iran) in 1931.

 The photo is taken when he was studying in Switzerland.

Source: Annual Report of the Imperial Government of Persia 1931-1932. The publication contains interesting information and statistics on the social developments in the country (Pahlavi era).

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King Faisal of Saudi Arabia & Mohammad Reza Shah of Persia 1974

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, King of Persia (Iran) welcomes King Faisal of Saudi Arabia in Tehran, 1974.

This rare photo was originally published in the state Persian-language periodical 'FARMAN'. The title of the volume is 'Tarikh-e Talayi-e Asr-e Pahlavi' [The Golden Age of Pahlavi Era].

King Faisal ruled Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 and Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlavi was the king of Persia from 1941 to 1979.

Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Persia, the countries are in cold war with each other. In 1987 during the Hajj ceremony, hundreds of Iranians were killed in a clash with Saudi security forces and in 2006 the Saudi Embassy's building in Tehran was set on fire with Molotov cocktails.

Mohammad-Reza Shah & Queen Farah of Persia | Radio Iran Magazine cover, Dec 1959

A rare photo of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi and Queen Farah of Persia.

The photo has been published originally on the cover of Persian-language monthly "Radio Iran" in December 1959 in Teheran.

The Shah was on power until 1979 revolution in his country. He passed away in 1980 in exile. The queen lives in Paris and Washington DC and the former crown prince, Reza, is a political and human rights activist in exile. Two children of them (Alireza and Leila) committed suicide in 2001 and 2011.