Before he became one of the most famous—and infamous—rulers of the 20th century, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was a boy groomed for power. 👑 Prepared from an early age by his father, the future Shah’s life was meticulously controlled—from his playmates and elite Swiss schooling to his arranged marriage to Egyptian princess Fawzia. These early years shaped the man who would eventually rule Iran, a figure whose wealth was legendary, whose marriages made tabloid headlines, and whose name would come to sy

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#VantageOnFirstpost: On this day in 1979 marked the end of the Iranian Revolution, when Iran’s Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was overthrown. | #FPRewind with @palkisharmaupadhyay | Firstpost