30 moments

1. Birth in Tehran

   1919-10-26 · Tehran, Iran

   

   Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was born in Tehran, beginning the life of Iran's future shah. City-centre coordinates represent the birthplace because the specific birth site is not stated.

2. Education at Institut Le Rosey

   1931-01-01 · Institut Le Rosey, Rolle, Switzerland

   

   As crown prince, he was sent to Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland for boarding-school education. The source establishes attendance in 1931 but does not give an arrival date at the school.

3. Return from Switzerland

   1936-01-01 · Tehran, Iran

   

   He returned to Iran after his Swiss education; Ernest Perron accompanied him and remained associated with the royal court. Tehran is used as the documented royal-court location; the source does not specify his arrival site.

4. Military education in Tehran

   1938-01-01 · Madrasa Nezam, Tehran, Iran

   

   After returning to Iran, he attended the Tehran military academy and graduated as a second lieutenant. City coordinates are used because the academy's historic site is not specified in the source.

5. Marriage to Princess Fawzia

   1939-03-15 · Abdeen Palace, Cairo, Egypt

   

   The Iranian crown prince married Princess Fawzia of Egypt in Cairo, a dynastic union between the Iranian and Egyptian royal houses.

6. Accession oath as Shah

   1941-09-17 · National Consultative Assembly, Tehran, Iran

   

   Following his father's abdication, Mohammad Reza took the oath of office before parliament and became shah. The article identifies the oath as occurring in the National Consultative Assembly; coordinates represent the historic parliament complex.

7. Tehran Conference meeting

   1943-01-01 · Marble Palace, Tehran, Iran

   

   During the Tehran Conference, the shah met Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the Marble Palace. The source supports the year but not a more precise date.

8. Iranian Azerbaijan campaign

   1946-12-11 · Iranian Azerbaijan, Iran

   

   He personally led the Iranian Army as it entered Iranian Azerbaijan during the collapse of the Pishevari regime. Coordinates represent Tabriz as a defensible representative point for the broader region named in the source.

9. Return to Iran after the coup

   1953-01-01 · Tehran, Iran

   

   After the successful second coup attempt, he returned from Italy to Iran and resumed effective power. Tehran is used as the national political centre; the source does not identify his arrival point or a more precise date.

10. Brief exile in Rome

    1953-08-01 · Rome, Italy

    

    From Baghdad, he continued to Rome during his brief Italian exile before returning to Iran after the successful second coup attempt. The surrounding text dates the failed coup attempt to August 1953; the source does not give a separate arrival day in Rome.

11. Flight to Baghdad after failed coup

    1953-08-01 · Baghdad, Iraq

    

    After the first attempt to remove Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh failed, the shah fled Iran to Baghdad. The surrounding text dates the failed coup attempt to August 1953; the source does not give a separate arrival day in Baghdad.

12. Visit with Charles de Gaulle

    1961-01-01 · Paris, France

    

    Mohammad Reza visited Paris to meet French President Charles de Gaulle, whom he greatly admired. The source supports the year but not a more precise date.

13. Moscow arms visit

    1965-06-01 · Moscow, Soviet Union

    

    He visited Moscow amid efforts to obtain weapons, and the Soviet government agreed to a major arms sale.

14. Imperial coronation

    1967-10-26 · Salam Hall, Golestan Palace, Tehran, Iran

    

    He crowned himself Shahanshah and crowned Farah Pahlavi in the formal imperial coronation ceremony.

15. Visit to Kharg Petrochemical Complex

    1970-01-01 · Kharg Petrochemical Complex, Kharg Island, Iran

    

    The shah visited the Kharg Petrochemical Complex during the period of rapid Iranian industrial expansion. The evidence is a dated image caption; coordinates represent the petrochemical-industrial area on Kharg Island.

16. Greeting guests at Shiraz airport

    1971-10-01 · Shiraz International Airport, Shiraz, Iran

    

    During the imperial anniversary festivities, he and Farah greeted arriving foreign guests at Shiraz's airport. The source places this activity in the two days after 12 October 1971 but does not identify an individual day.

17. Opening Shahyad Aryamehr museum

    1971-10-01 · Shahyad Aryamehr, Tehran, Iran

    

    He concluded the anniversary celebrations by opening the Shahyad Aryamehr museum and attending a parade at Aryamehr Stadium. The source ties the event to the October 1971 celebrations but does not give a specific day.

18. Persepolis anniversary celebrations

    1971-10-01 · Persepolis, Iran

    

    He attended the major Persepolis celebrations marking 2,500 years of Persian monarchy, including the historical parade. The source supports October 1971 but does not provide the parade's calendar day in the quoted text.

19. Homage at Cyrus's tomb

    1971-10-12 · Tomb of Cyrus the Great, Pasargadae, Iran

    

    He opened the 2,500-year celebration by paying homage to Cyrus the Great at Pasargadae.

20. Overflight of Tehran demonstration

    1978-10-01 · Tehran, Iran

    

    During the revolutionary crisis, he flew over a large Tehran demonstration and blamed foreign diplomats for organizing it. Coordinates represent central Tehran rather than a documented helicopter position.

21. Arrival in Aswan exile

    1979-01-01 · Aswan, Egypt

    

    His second exile began with a flight from Tehran to Aswan, where President Anwar el-Sadat received him. The source establishes Aswan as the first destination after his 16 January 1979 departure but does not state an arrival day.

22. Residence in Cuernavaca

    1979-01-01 · Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

    

    He lived in Cuernavaca, Mexico, as a guest of President José López Portillo; Richard Nixon visited him there in summer 1979. The source does not give an arrival date; it separately reports that Richard Nixon visited him in Mexico in summer 1979.

23. Residence in Marrakesh

    1979-01-01 · Marrakesh, Morocco

    

    After Egypt, he lived in Marrakesh as a guest of King Hassan II of Morocco. The source places this stay after his January 1979 arrival in Egypt but does not give a more precise date.

24. Residence on Paradise Island

    1979-01-01 · Paradise Island, Bahamas

    

    Following Morocco, he lived in a private house on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. The source gives no more precise date for this 1979 exile residence.

25. Departure from Iran

    1979-01-16 · Mehrabad Airport, Tehran, Iran

    

    As the revolutionary crisis culminated, he departed Iran from Mehrabad Airport, publicly describing the journey as a vacation. The article's accompanying caption identifies the Shah and Shahbanu at Mehrabad Airport on this date before leaving Iran.

26. Medical admission in New York

    1979-10-22 · Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York City, New York, United States

    

    President Jimmy Carter allowed him into the United States for surgical treatment at Weill Cornell Medical Center.

27. Exile on Contadora Island

    1980-01-01 · Contadora Island, Panama

    

    While in Panama, he gave his final television interview to David Frost on Contadora Island. The source supports January 1980 but not a day; it also states that he had lived on Isla Contadora after leaving the United States.

28. Final Moroccan stop

    1980-01-01 · Rabat, Morocco

    

    Fearing for his safety in Panama, he left for Rabat and stayed with King Hassan II before continuing to Cairo. The source dates his return to Egypt to March 1980 but does not give a more precise date for the Rabat stay.

29. Return to Egypt for treatment

    1980-03-01 · Cairo, Egypt

    

    He returned to Egypt under permanent asylum from President Sadat and received urgent medical treatment. City-centre coordinates represent Cairo because the treatment facility is not named in this passage.

30. Death in Cairo

    1980-07-27 · Military hospital, Cairo, Egypt

    

    Mohammad Reza Pahlavi died in Cairo after the final decline caused by infection following his splenectomy. The linked death article specifies that he died at a military hospital in Cairo; city-centre coordinates are representative because the hospital is unnamed.