Crowned in Glory, Buried Abroad: Iran's Last Shah's Exile

• Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Iran's last monarch, ruled for nearly four decades (1941-1979) before being deposed by the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
• Known as "King of Kings," he sought to modernize Iran with the White Revolution but faced criticism for suppressing dissent and pro-Western policies.
• Forced into exile in January 1979, he moved across continents, battling lymphatic cancer and facing diplomatic isolation.
• His entry into the US for medical treatment sparked the US Embassy hostage crisis in Tehran.
• He died at age 60 in Cairo, Egypt, on July 27, 1980, and was buried in Al-Rifa’i Mosque, receiving a state funeral from Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.