Reza Pahlavi
Son of the late Shah of Iran
Live Webcast Dec. 12, 2002, 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT

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Reza Pahlavi, son of the late Shah of Iran, left his native country in 1978 to train as a fighter pilot in Texas. A year later, his father and family fled Iran in the wake of the Islamic Revolution that brought the Ayatollah Khomeini to power. The shah died in 1980 in Egypt. Since leaving Iran, Pahlavi has lived in Morocco, Egypt, and in 1984 he settled in the United States.

Born in Tehran in 1960, Pahlavi was raised as the crown prince to succeed his father as shah. Following the overthrow of the royal family in Iran and the completion of his education, Pahlavi spends much of his time advocating in speeches, articles and public appearances for political change in Iran. He believes that increasing numbers of the Iranian people desire freedom from the theocracy that now rules the country. Pahlavi argues that an alternative to the current political system is a democratically elected government that separates church and state.

Pahlavi is a graduate of the United States Air Force Training Program in Lubbock, Texas. He received his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Southern California. He is the author of the book, Winds of Change: The Future of Democracy in Iran. Pahlavi lives in Maryland with his wife and children.

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Reza Pahlavi on NPR's All Things Considered in January 2002.

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