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Farah Pahlavi is a member of the Pahlavi dynasty. She is the last queen and empress of Iran, and is the third wife and widow of the last shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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culture · Queen-Empress of Iran from 1959 to 1979 · writer · translator · architect · suffragette · politician · queen consort · also Farah Pahlavi, Farah Diba, Farah Diba Pahlavi, Pahlavi
Born 14 October 1938 · Q164111
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“there was an increasingly palpable sense of unease”
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Published video “به مناسبت سیزده بدر”.
Published video “پیام نوروزی شهبانو فرح پهلویبه مناسبت فرا رسیدن نوروز ۲۵۸۵”.
Published video “به مناسبت چهارشنبه سوری - On the occasion of the Persian Fire Festival “Chahar Shanbeh Souri””.
Yahoo: Farah Pahlavi calls for global day of silence to honor Iranians killed in crackdown
Published video “به زودی آزادی را در کنار هم در ایران جشن خواهید گرفت”.
Published video “به مناسبت درگذشت بهرام بیضایی، فیلمساز و کارگردان برجسته ایران”.
Published video “درگذشت یکی از کارگزاران میهن پرست ایران کامبیز آتابای”.
Published video “گرامیداشت کوروش بزرگ بنیانگذار حقوق بشر و امپراتوری پارس”.
Published video “Flag Raising Ceremony to honor the birthday of Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi at Fresno City Hall, Council”.
Published video “On the Passing of Lord David Alliance - به مناسبت درگذشت لرد دیوید الاینس”.
Published video “به مناسبت چهل و پنجمین سالگرد درگذشت پادشاه فقید ایران”.
Deadline.com: Emily Atef Tapped To Direct Movie About Farah Pahlavi, Empress Of Iran
Yahoo: Farah Pahlavi, Empress Of Iran, Is Taking Her Story To Hollywood
The subsequent execution of Iranian protester Mohsen Shekari later that year, and the 2025–2026 Iranian protests
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Pahlavi wrote on Instagram that the Islamic Republic regime was “anti-feminist”, and that “once again, a child from Iran lost her life at the hands of anti-Iranian government guards
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The Dutch director Kees Roorda wrote a play inspired by the life of Farah Pahlavi in exile, Liz Snoijink played Farah
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The Persian-Swedish director Nahid Persson Sarvestani released a feature length documentary about Farah Pahlavi's life, entitled The Queen and I
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Farah wrote a book about her marriage to Mohammad Reza entitled An Enduring Love: My Life with the Shah
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Purchased a smaller home in Potomac, Maryland, near Washington, D
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“Regardless of all the pressures upon them, people are fighting bravely against this suppression. The success of Iranians all across the world is also the happiest thought. What I always say is that goodwill wins over bad.”
“I remembered that when the shah was hospitalized, many foreign journalists came to gather negative reactions from the people of Cairo. But the opposite happened, the shop owners in the streets along with the general population were extremely glad to have the Iranian shah in their country. They considered us family who helped them in difficult times.”
“I shall never forget the tears in the eyes of the shah the day we left Iran. In that deserted runway and in the aircraft, my only thought was whether it was the last time or would [we ever] return.”
“[Sheltering the shah and his family] was completely out of [President Sadat's] friendship and good human nature as he had no personal gain from it. Egyptians had not forgotten the help they received from Iran during their troubled times of war.”
“I try to forget about the bitter past as I [also] recommend for my fellow countrymen. I do not live in the past, I live in the present, always hoping for a brighter future. This is my message to all my countrymen.”
Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1974).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1970).
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Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1967).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (1965).
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Awarded Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria (1965).
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Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1963).
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During a visit to France, the Francophile Farah befriended the French culture minister André Malraux, leading her to arrange the exchange of cultural artifacts between French and Iranian art galleries and museums, a live
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The Queen was free to devote more of her time to other activities and official pursuits
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At the Iranian Embassy in Paris, that Farah Diba was first presented to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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Born 1938-10-14.
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“s family were natives of Iranian Azerbaijan while her mother”
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I remembered that when the shah was hospitalized, many foreign journalists came to gather negative reactions from the people of Cairo. But the opposite happened, the shop owners in the streets along with the general population were extremely glad to have the Iranian shah in their country. They considered us family who helped them in difficult times.
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