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Last week Prince Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s former Crown Prince, gave an interview to British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.

Reza Pahlavi backed a campaign of “civil disobedience and non-violence” to change the Iran’s government. He called on Western support and said to the journalist, Simon Heffer, that “he can’t sit and say nothing as Iran suffers”.

To read the full interview click here.

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Prince Reza Cyrus Pahlavi celebrated his 49th birthday on October 31st , 2009 in the company of his family at Empress Farah’s house in Washington (USA).

In honour of the occasion, Reza Pahlavi has released new photos of him with his family on his Facebook page.

Born on October 31st, 1960 in Tehran (Iran), Prince Reza is the eldest son of the late Emperor of Iran, Mohammed Reza, and Empress Farah. Reza’s siblings include Princess Farahnaz (1963), Prince Ali Reza (1966), as well as a half-sister, Princess Shahnaz (1940). His youngest sister, Princess Leila, died on June 10, 2001.

After the Iranian Revolution in 1979 Reza Pahlavi, former Crown Prince of Iran, has lived in Egypt and Morocco, and since 1984 in the United States.

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Prince Reza married Yasmine Etemad Amini on June 12, 1986. They have three daughters: Noor (April 3, 1992), Iman(September 12, 1993) and Farah (January 17, 2004).

Reza Pahlavi is a prominent voice for the cause of democracy and liberty in his homeland. The Prince has written a number of books including “Gozashteh va Ayandeh” (2000), “Winds of Change ” (2002) and “Iran L’Heure du Choix “(2009).

You can find more pictures on Reza’s facebook page.

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Her Imperial Highness Princess Ashraf Pahlavi turns 90 years old today.

She was born on 26 October 1919, the second daughter and third child of the then Reza Khan Mirpanj and his wife, née Nimtaj Khanum; when Ashraf was 6, her father became Shahanshah Reza Pahlavi, Emperor of Iran, and her mother became the Queen Consort Tadj ol-Molouk.

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Ashraf’s siblings were an older sister, Princess Shams, a twin-brother, Shahanshah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, and a younger brother, Prince Alì Reza.

In 1925 her father Reza Khan was declared Shah of Iran, and during his reign – between 1925 and 1941 – he pursued a politic of strong modernisation, introducing several economic and social reforms, among whom was the increasing of civil and political rights for the women; this politic was proceeded after Reza Shah’s deposition in 1941 by his son Mohammed Reza Shah, who tried to approach Iran to the Western World through the so-called “White revolution”.

Princess Ashraf grew up supporting this politic, and taking an active part in it. She was, as well as her sister Princess Shams, one of the first women to discard the veil in Iran; she devoted to welfare and social work activities, becoming Vice-President of the Imperial Organization for Social Services and President of the High Council of the Iranian Women’s Association, promoting of these organizations to reach their aims in the cultural, health, educational, legal, and social fields. Read more…

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