Born in 1970, Leila Pahlavi grew up during a period in Iran’s history that was prosperous ... Leila and Ali Reza could hear people chanting “Death to the Shah!” outside the palace, and ...

Following his father’s death in 1980, the prince declared himself the new shah of Iran in exile, although as Iran’s royal family was a constitutional monarchy, he was never formally appointed.

Iran executed at least 975 people last ... after the 1979 revolution ousted the Western-backed shah. Crimes punishable by death include murder, rape and drugs offences but also more vaguely ...

Tuesday’s sanctions mark the fifth round of punitive economic measures issued against Iran since Donald Trump’s second term ...