Posted by: bluesyemre | July 4, 2022

Last Persian Shah

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi would have been 100 years in October 2019. The Shah’s story begins with good ideas and ideals and ends in bloody chaos. On the one hand, he helped carry Iran into modernity. His wealth was legendary, and his marriages made tabloid headlines for years. However, his name also stands for a time of human rights violations, vicious oppression and intolerance.


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