Farah Pahlavi

Farah Pahlavi (;  []; born 14 October 1938) is a Iranian royal who was the last Empress of Iran from 1959 to 1979 as the third wife and widow of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

After the Shah's death, Farah spent two years in Egypt, where President Anwar Sadat allowed her and the children to stay in the Koubbeh Palace. She was the regent in pretence from 27 July to 31 October 1980. President Ronald Reagan informed her that she was welcome in the United States.Pahlavi, Farah. "An Enduring Love: My life with Shah. A Memoir" 2004

Farah first settled in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and later bought a home in Greenwich, Connecticut. After the death of her daughter Princess Leila in 2001, she purchased a smaller home in Potomac, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. to be closer to her son and grandchildren. Farah divides her time between Washington, D.C. and Paris and makes an annual July visit to Mohammad Reza Shah's mausoleum at Cairo's al-Rifa'i Mosque.

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