Reza Pahlavi

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Reza Pahlavi

Reza Pahlavi (born October 31, 1960 in Tehran , Persian شاهزاده رضا پهلوی Schahzade Kurosch Reza Pahlawi ), later Reza Pahlavi II. , Is the eldest son of the former Shah of Iran ( Shah of Persia ), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , and the Empress Farah Pahlavi .

Reza Pahlavi is the grandson of Reza Shah Pahlavis , the founder of the Pahlavis dynasty. After the loss of the peacock throne during the Islamic revolution in 1979, Reza Pahlavi II, who had previously left Iran as part of his training, stayed outside of his home country. After stays in the USA , Morocco and Egypt , he has lived again in the United States of America since 1984 - in Great Falls (Virginia) .

Adolescent years

Reza Pahlavi, state visit to Moscow, 1976

Reza Pahlavi was born on October 31, 1960. The birth took place in a maternity hospital in southern Tehran. The clinic, which was built for the needy in the time of Reza Shah, was founded by the Society for the Support of Mothers and Babies ( Persian بنگاه حمایت مادران و نوزادان bongah hemayat madaran va nozadan ) operated. The birth of Reza Pahlavi was accompanied by an enormous media presence, as it was now clear that the Pahlavi dynasty finally had a crown prince. The population had gathered in large numbers in front of the clinic and celebrated the birth with frenetic cheers.

In Niavaran Palace , a school was set up for the crown prince, Reza attended along with other students.

His first official mission was on June 25, 1975 when he visited the Kingdom of Belgium. On June 2, 1976 Reza Pahlavi was received as a state guest in Moscow.

education

Reza Pahlavi II left Iran in the summer of 1978 to continue his education in the United States. After training as a fighter jet pilot at Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock, Texas , and attending Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts , he completed a degree in political science at the University of Southern California .

Death of the father

After the death of his father Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on July 27, 1980, Schahbanu Farah Pahlavi formally took over the throne. On October 31, 1980, on his 20th birthday, Reza Pahlavi succeeded his father according to the previous constitution of Iran. With a speech he addressed the Iranian nation from Cairo and swore by the flag of Iran on the Koran that in the fulfillment of his duty he would defend the national unity and the rights of the people of Iran throughout his life. He declared that he would be the protector of national unity and the constitution, the constitution that guarantees the rights of every individual and clearly regulates the power of the Shah and the three branches, the executive, legislative and judiciary.

family

He is married to Yasmine Etemad Amini, who has a law degree from Georgetown University . He and his wife have three daughters:

  • Noor Pahlavi (born April 3, 1992)
  • Iman Pahlavi (born September 12, 1993)
  • Farah Pahlavi (born January 17, 2004)

Like many other exiled Iranians, the family now lives in Maryland ( USA ).

Political activities

In numerous interviews, discussions (in addition to Persian also in French and English), lectures and publications, Reza Pahlavi campaigned for peace, democracy , respect for human rights and peaceful change in Iran. The people should be able to determine their own political future in a referendum .

After the violent crackdown on the protests following the Iranian presidential elections in 2009 , Reza Pahlavi turned on September 8, 2009 with an “open letter to the religious authorities of the regime”. In it he asked:

“With what right and with what religious justification do you stare at this land as if it were alien to you? With what right and with what religious justification do you treat our country as if it were an orphan of history? With what right and with what religious justification do you consider Iran's historical heritage to be for sale, or that at best it can be surrendered to the flames or the floods and simply destroyed? With what right and with what religious justification do you treat Iranians like slaves, like worthless creatures whose children can be abused, whose wives can be sold to the remotest corners of the world and whose men can be oppressed? With what right and with what religious justification do you consider the rape of the sons and daughters of this country to be legal? […] If I have the choice between that young Iranian who has been thrown out the window or your altar, I choose the side of the Iranian who lies shattered on the ground, the tortured son of Cyrus , and not your side. "

On September 11, 2009, Ayatollah Ahmad Dschannati , the spiritual mentor of then President Mahmoud Ahmadineschad and chairman of the Guardian Council , published a fatwa in response to Reza Pahlavi's request:

“The attack by our enemies against the establishment of an Islamic government is an attack on our regime and the sacred laws that are 1,400 years old. It is an attack against the will of the nation. It must be clear to you that during the last thirty years of our government we have not yet been able to implement the laws of an Islamic government in Iranian society. That is why it was not yet clear to many what the Islamic laws of an Islamic government look like. The Islamic identity and the laws of an Islamic state are based on justice, love and friendship. The principle and spirit of an Islamic state are based on the Sharia as developed over the past 1,400 years according to the needs of society. Another principle is that laws don't change. From these two principles another principle is derived that the Sharia is valid in all social affairs at all times and in all places. […] We tore the mask from the face of Islam Aryamehrs [Mohammad Reza Pahlavis]. We fight with one voice for the protection of the world that believes in ruling Islam ... "

literature

  • Reza Pahlavi: Winds of Change: The Future of Democracy in Iran . Regnery Publishing, 2002, ISBN 0-89526-191-X (English)
  • Reza Pahlavi: Gozashteh va Ayandeh . Kayhan Publishing, 2000, ISBN 0-9538644-0-5 (Farsi)
  • Farah Diba-Pahlavi: Memories . Luebbe Publishing Group, 2004, ISBN 3-7857-2157-9
  • Reza Pahlavi: Pour l'Iran: Entretiens avec Ahmad Ahrar . Éditions Flammarion, 2004, ISBN 2-08-068220-2 (French)
  • Reza Pahlavi, Michel Taubmann: Iran, L'heure du choix - Entretiens avec Michel Taubmann . Éditions Denoël, 2009, ISBN 978-2-207-26103-3 (French)

Web links

Commons : Reza Pahlavi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p417245_index.html Friedman, Andrew. "US Imperial Tehran in Exile: Reza Pahlavi in ​​the CIA's Northern Virginia Suburbs" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, TX. 2014-11-26
  2. ^ Catherine Legrand, Jacques Legrand: Shah-i Iran . Creative Publishing International (farsi edition), Minnetonka MN 1999, p. 89.
  3. ^ Farah Diba-Pahlavi: Memories . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, 2004, p. 123 f.
  4. ^ Catherine Legrand, Jacques Legrand: Shah-i Iran . Creative Publishing International (farsi edition), Minnetonka MN 1999, p. 102.
  5. ^ A b Catherine Legrand, Jacques Legrand: Shah-i Iran . Creative Publishing International (farsi edition), Minnetonka MN 1999, p. 120.
  6. ↑ spiegel.de
  7. ↑ youtube.com
  8. ↑ youtube.com
  9. ↑ youtube.com
  10. ↑ rezapahlavi.org ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Biography of Reza Pahlavi  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rezapahlavi.org
  11. ↑ mail.live.com
  12. ↑ iranpiroozi.blogspot.com
personal data
SURNAME Pahlavi, Reza
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pahlavi, Reza II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION first son of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Tehran