The Last Empresses of Iran

A photographic look at the three wives of the last Shah of Iran starting with Queen Fawzia (a Princess of Egypt) then Queen Soraya (an Iranian aristocrat) both of whose marriages ended in divorce and finally the Empress Farah Diba (also a native Iranian) who survived him. The title of "Empress" was unknown in Iran until the coronation of Farah Diba when she was given the equivalent title "Shahbanu" by her husband. Prior to that time the consorts of the Shah were known as "Queen". As of today Princess Fawzia and Empress Farah are still alive while Queen Soraya died in 2001 in France.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Iran
• Persia
• Queens
• Empress
• Fawzia
• Soraya
• Farah
• Pahlavi
• Royalty
• Monarchy

[saphiredewdrop]

i can't tell which one is which...did you go in order?

[MadMonarchist]

@saphiredewdrop I did, first, second and last, 1) Fawzia, 2) Soraya and 3) Farah

[Imperialpsalm]

God damns the government of Allah in Iran. Most Iranians regret the revolution 

[afype]

This is wonderful. brings back back so many good memories of the pre khomeini iran. Thanks for posting this.

[TheAzero19]

Красавицы!

[JigareTehroon]

After watching this my Iranian mother said 'if there was one thing we Iranians could take back, would be the islamic revolution'.

[ellie3637]

God save the queen, god save our queen. 

[anosha185]

wowwwwwwww

[GirlBeautiful123]

@Imperialpsalm yes:( they ruined so many lives. We all regret the revolution and are fighting for our freedome back:(

[nastykurtbadboy]

@Imperialpsalm Hate your Iranian government as you so please BUT leave out my God name in your comment.

[JigareTehroon]

The woman who went through hell beyond imagination but she's still standing strong..what an inspiration! God bless our QUEEN!

[juyagar07]

Can somebody tell me, what the name of this beautiful music is? Thanks

[manu9370]

What is the name of the music?

[lilpancake]

Goodness... Queen Fawzia was and I'm sure is still very beautiful. Queen Soraya was also breathtakingly beautiful @1:31 she looks so much like Eva Mendes if II had just seen that footage without knowing or looking at the title I woud've assumed that it was Eva Mendes instead of Queen Soraya. Empress Farah Diba was and is also a timeless beauty. What a beautiful video... Thank u 4 uploading this :)