Hours before a ceasefire took effect between Israel and Iran on June 24, the son of Iran’s last shah, Reza Pahlavi, held a televised news conference in the French capital, Paris.

Khan then ruled until 1941, when the British and the Soviet Union invaded Iran and deposed him, replacing Khan with his son, Mohammad Pahlavi. At first, the new shah ruled alongside a democratic ...

The shah recognized the dual use for nuclear power, and in June 1974 even told an American journalist that “Iran would have nuclear weapons without a doubt sooner than you think,” a remark he ...

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last Shah of Iran, attends a press conference about the situation in Iran and the need to support Iranians, in Paris, France, June 23, 2025.

U.S. intel agencies say Iran's nuclear program is in tatters. Israel killed 30 Iranian military commanders. But Iran's supreme leader has a different take on the 12-day war.

LONDON − The exiled son of Iran's last shah − Persian for "king" − before he fled the 1979 Islamic Revolution called for Iran's theocratic regime and its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to "step ...

But Carter relented, and the Shah was admitted to the U.S., a move that angered Iran’s new leadership. Weeks later, more than 50 hostages were taken from the embassy in Iran, and held for 444 days.

Carter and his administration let the Shah of Iran fall, to be replaced by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and the rest was history. It’s a history that has America at war with Iran today in ...

In 2020, top Iranian general Soleimani was killed in an American drone strike. Iran responded with missile strikes on U.S. bases in Iraq. The world braced for war, but conflict was narrowly avoided.

Its strikes took out top military leaders and some of Iran’s most prominent nuclear scientists, including a few as they slept at home with their families. The human toll was significant, with ...

The cease-fire between Israel and Iran came into effect on Tuesday and appears to be holding, at least for now.The 12-day exchange of bombs and missiles between the two Mideast powers, with the U ...