Farahnaz Pahlavi

Eldest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, last Shah of Iran

Farahnaz Pahlavi
Princess Farahnaz in 1980
Born	Masoumeh Pahlavi (1963-03-12) 12 March 1963 (age 61) Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
House	Pahlavi
Father	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mother	Farah Diba
Religion	Shia Islam

Iranian imperial family

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Farahnaz Pahlavi (Persian: فرحناز پهلوی; born 12 March 1963) is the eldest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi by his third wife, Farah Diba.

Education

She studied at the Niavaran Special School in Tehran, the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Connecticut, United States, and the Cairo American College in Cairo, Egypt. From 1981 to 1982, she attended Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. She received a Bachelor of Arts in social work from Columbia University in 1986 and a Master's degree in child psychology from the same university in 1990.

According to a 2004 article in Los Angeles Times, she reportedly attempted to find employment at international aid agencies such as UNICEF, but, according to her mother, was rejected because of her name.^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Farahnaz Pahlavi

16. Murad Ali Khan

8. Abbas Ali Khan

4. Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran

9. Noush-Afarin Ayromlou

2. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran

10. Teymūr Khan Ayromlou

5. Tadj ol-Molouk

11. Zahra Khanum

1. Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi of Iran

12. Mehdi Diba

6. Sohrab Diba

3. Farah Diba

7. Farideh Ghotbi

References

^ O'Connor, Anne-Marie (10 March 2004). "A widow's look at a shah's legacy". Los Angeles Times. p. E1. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

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"Shah's Daughter Could Not Stand Exile," BBC News, 12 June 2001 [1]
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Bahrampour, Tara, "Singer Revives Memories of Lost Youth and Lost Country", The New York Times, 28 August 2000
Krebs, Albin and Robert McG. Thomas, "Notes on People: Pahlevis [sic] Inquire About New England School", The New York Times, 16 November 1981, page B5
Krebs, Albin and Robert McG. Thomas, "Notes on People: A Daughter of Shah Auditing College Classes", The New York Times, 28 November 1981, page 39
"Princesse Farahnaz: Les 20 Ans", Point de Vue, March 1983
Marcisz, Christopher, "Son of Shah Advocates Democracy for Iran", Berkshire Eagle, 21 April 2004
Cunningham, Bill, "Spring Sightings", The New York Times, 28 March 2004, page 9
Beaumont, Peter, "Water Resource Development in Iran", The Geographical Journal, Vol. 140, No. 3 (October 1974), pages 418-431