But the mausoleum where Reza Shah was buried was destroyed after the 1979 revolution which overthrew his son and successor, Mohammad Reza Shah.

At the outbreak of World War II Britain and Russia feared that Reza Shah might favor the Germans. They occupied Iran and forced him to abdicate in favor of his son Mohammed Reza Shah. Mohammed Reza ...

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Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran's last Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, commented on the fall of the Assad regime. "The collapse of the murderous Assad regime is a devastating blow to the Islamic ...