Farah Pahlavi
Also known as Farah Diba, Farah Diba Pahlavi
queen/empress consort of Iran from 1959 to 1979
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Farah Pahlavi was the queen and empress consort of Iran during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi from 1959 until the Iranian Revolution in 1979. She is historically significant as a prominent figure during a transformative period in Iran's modern history, when the country underwent major social and political upheaval that ultimately led to the establishment of an Islamic republic.
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- 14 October 1938
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Acting · Tehran, Iran
Farah Pahlavi (Persian: فرح پهلوی, née Farah Diba (فرح دیبا); born 14 October 1938) is the widow of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and was successively Queen and Shahbanu (empress consort) of Iran from 1959 to 1979. She was born into a prosperous family whose fortunes were diminished after her father's early death. [wikipedia]
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- Pure White — Self (archive footage)2022
- Banquet of History2021
- A Night at the Opera2020
- The last two days — Self2019
- Mostashregh — Self (archive footage)2019
- Farah Diba Pahlavi: The Last Empress — Self2018
- Shahbanoo — Herself2016
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Farah Pahlavi (Persian: فرح پهلوی; née Diba [دیبا]; born 14 October 1938) is a member of the Pahlavi dynasty. She is the last queen and empress (شهبانو, Shahbânu) of Iran, and is the third wife and widow of the last shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
She was born into a prosperous Iranian family whose fortunes were diminished after her father's early death. While studying architecture in Paris, she was introduced to the Shah at the Iranian embassy, and they were married in December 1959. The Shah's first two marriages had not produced a son—necessary for royal succession—resulting in great rejoicing at the birth of Crown Prince Reza in October of the following year. As a philanthropist, she advanced the welfare of Iranian civil society through the establishment of charities and founded Iran's Shiraz University, Iran's first American-style university, increasing the number of women students. She also facilitated the recall of Iranian antiquities from museums abroad.
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