Iranian memoirists

President of Iran from 2013 to 2021

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the last Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979. He succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until he was overthrown in the Islamic Revolution led by Ruhollah Khomeini, which abolished the Iranian monarchy to establish the Islamic Republic of Iran. In 1967, he took the title Shahanshah, and held several others, including Aryamehr and Bozorg Arteshtaran. He was the second and last ruling monarch of the Pahlavi dynasty.

Iranian politician (1934–2017)

queen/empress consort of Iran from 1959 to 1979

Queen consort of Iran from 1951 to 1958

Iranian-born journalist

Iranian royal (1919–2016)

Iranian academic (1890–1946)

Persian princess and memoirist of the Qajar Dynasty. (1883–1936)

Prime Minister of Iran (1919-1978)

Iranian politician

Iranian journalist and filmmaker

writer, editor and singer (1935–2008)

Iranian LGBT human rights activist

Iranian actor

Iranian politician (1943-2015)

Israeli diplomat, politician and writer (1924-2015)

Iranian economist, journalist and translator

Iranian film director and actor