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Empire of Iran

Imperial State of Iran
کشور شاهنشاهی ایران
Keshvar-e Shāhanshāhi-ye Irān
1925–1979
Flag Coat of arms
Motto
مرا داد فرمود و خود داور است
"Marâ dâd farmoudo xod dâvar ast"
"Justice He [God] bids me do, as He will judge me"
Anthem
سرود شاهنشاهی ایران
Sorude Šâhanšâhiye Irân
Imperial Salute of Iran
Capital Tehran
Languages Persian
Government Constitutional monarchy
Shah
 •  1925–41 Reza Pahlavi
 •  1941–79 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime minister
 •  1925–1926 (first) Mohammad-Ali Foroughi
 •  1979 (last) Shapour Bakhtiar
Legislature Deliberative assembly
 •  Upper house Senate
 •  Lower house National Consultative Assembly
Historical era 20th century
 •  Established 15 December 1925
 •  Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran 25 August – 17 September 1941
 •  Coup d'etat 19 August 1953
 •  White Revolution 26 January 1963
 •  Iranian Revolution 11 February 1979
Currency Rial
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Qajar dynasty
Interim Government of Iran
Pahlavi
Imperial Coat of Arms of Iran.svg
Country Iran
Titles
Founded 15 December 1925
Founder Rezā Shāh
Final ruler Mohammad Reza Shah
Current head Reza Pahlavi
Deposition 11 February 1979
Ethnicity Persian

The Pahlavi dynasty (Persian: دودمان پهلوی‎‎) was the ruling house of Iran from 1925 until 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and abolished as a result of the Iranian Revolution. The dynasty was founded by Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1925, a former Brigadier-General of the Persian Cossack Brigade, whose reign lasted until 1941 when he was forced to abdicate by the Allies after the Anglo-Soviet invasion. He was succeeded by his son, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.

The Pahlavis came to power after Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last ruler of the Qajar dynasty, proved unable to stop British and Soviet encroachment on Iranian sovereignty, had his position extremely weakened by a military coup, and was removed from power by the parliament while in France. The National Assembly, known as the Majlis, convening as a Constituent Assembly on 12 December 1925, deposed the young Ahmad Shah Qajar, and declared Reza Shah the new monarch of the Imperial State of Persia. In 1935, Reza Shah asked foreign delegates to use the term Iran, the historical name of the country, used by its native people, in formal correspondence and the official name Imperial State of Iran (Persian: کشور شاهنشاهی ایران‎‎ Keshvar-e Shāhanshāhi-ye Irān) was adopted.

Faced with growing public discontent and popular rebellion throughout 1978, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi went into exile with his family in January 1979, sparking a series of events that quickly led to the dissolution of the state on 11 February 1979, officially ending the 2,500-year-old tradition of monarchy in Iran. At the death of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi on 27 July 1980, his son Reza Pahlavi became the head of the Pahlavi royal family.


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