website predecessor successor succession birth_place title spouse issue image article_title reign
http://www.rezapahlavi.org mohammad reza pahlavi patrick ali pahlavi head of the house of pahlavi tehran , iran crown prince of iran yasmine pahlavi princess noor rezapahlavi.jpg reza pahlavi
 27 july 1980 -- present
reza pahlavi

reza pahlavi -lrb- , born 31 october 1960 -rrb- is the last crown prince of persia , the former imperial state of iran and current head of the house of pahlavi .
he is the older son of the late shah mohammad reza pahlavi and shahbanu farah pahlavi .
he is the pretender to the former persian throne .
reza pahlavi is the founder and leader of national council of iran , a government in exile of iran .
as crown prince of iran , reza pahlavi left iran at the age of 17 for air force training , two years before the iranian revolution .
reza pahlavi enjoys immense popularity with iranian expatriates and some of his own countrymen in iran .
according to afshin ellian , an iranian-born philosopher of law and expert in international law , `` in iran , there are two names known to virtually all , even in the most remote villages .
the first name is khamenei and the second one is reza pahlavi . ''
in 2011 , reza pahlavi was named iran 's person of the year by an online poll conducted by us government-financed external broadcaster radio farda that included thousands of iranian respondents inside and outside iran .
in november 2014 , after fars news agency boosted its anti-pahlavi campaign , reza pahlavi founded his own television and radio network called ofoghiran .
