Reza Pahlavi | |||||
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Crown Prince of Iran | |||||
Head of the House of Pahlavi | |||||
Tenure | 27 July 1980 – present | ||||
Predecessor | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | ||||
Heir presumptive | Patrick Ali Pahlavi | ||||
Born |
Tehran, Iran |
31 October 1960 ||||
Spouse | Yasmine Pahlavi | ||||
Issue | Princess Noor Princess Iman Princess Farah |
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House | House of Pahlavi | ||||
Father | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | ||||
Mother | Farah Pahlavi | ||||
Religion | Shia Islam |
Full name | |
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English: Reza Pahlavi Persian: رضا پهلوی |
Styles of Crown Prince Reza of Iran |
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Reference style | His Imperial Highness |
Spoken style | Your Imperial Highness |
Alternative style | Sir |
Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran (Persian: رضا پهلوی, born 31 October 1960) is the nominal heir to the defunct throne of the Imperial State of Iran, and is the current head of the House of Pahlavi. He is the older son of the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi. A resident of the United States, he is the heir to the former Persian throne. Reza Pahlavi is the founder and leader of National Council of Iran, a government in exile of Iran. As Crown Prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi left Iran at the age of 17 for air force training at Reese Air Force Base near Lubbock, Texas, two years before the Iranian Revolution. According to Afshin Ellian, an Iranian-born philosopher of law and expert in international law, "in Iran, there are two names known to virtually all, even in the most remote villages. The first name is Khamenei and the second one is Reza Pahlavi." In 2011, Reza Pahlavi was named Iran's Person Of The Year by an online poll conducted by Radio Farda that included thousands of Iranian respondents inside and outside Iran. In November 2014, Reza Pahlavi founded his own television and radio network called OfoghIran.
Reza Pahlavi was born in Tehran, Iran, the eldest legitimate son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran and Farah Pahlavi, the Shahbanu of Iran. Reza Pahlavi's siblings include his sister Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi (born 12 March 1963), brother Prince Ali-Reza Pahlavi (28 April 1966 – 4 January 2011), and sister Princess Leila Pahlavi (27 March 1970 – 10 June 2001), as well as a half-sister, Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi (born 27 October 1941).