Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Article

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Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was the eldest son of Reza Shah Pahlavi, Iran’s ruler and founder of the Pahlavi dynasty (1925). Educated in Switzerland, Mohammad Reza returned to Iran in 1935. After the Soviet Union and Great Britain occupied Iran in 1941, Reza Shah was forced into exile, and Mohammad Reza ascended Iran’s throne.