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).
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.
The coffin of Reza Shah was brought back from the Kingdom of Egypt by train and then by airplane, making two stops, one in Mecca and the other in Medina. Then, later, his body was transferred by plane to Ahvaz, and then later by train to Tehran.
On May 8, 1951, Reza Shah's Imperial funeral took place in Ray, in which Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, along with the entire Pahlavi family, many ministers and Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, participated
Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878 – 1944), was the Shah of Persia from 15 December 1925 until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of his country on 16 September 1941. Reza Shah is considered the founder of modern identity of Persia/Iran.
A Rare Photo of Farah Diba (Pahlavi) with her children: (stand, left to right): Reza, Alireza; (seat, left to right): Farahnaz, Leila. This photo has been taken in 1975 and for the first time was published in March 1975 in the Persian-language weekly "Kayhan Havai" in Tehran.
