Prince Alireza Pahlavi
April 28 1966 - January 4 2010
I would just like to pay my respects to Prince Alireza Pahlavi who passed away late last night. Alireza, the youngest son of the former Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, had battled with depression throughout his life and eventually ended his own life. I can only imagine how hard it must have been for the young prince, who went into exile at age thirteen in 1979, to have lived a life in which he had lost everything including his own sense of identity. This is the second such tragedy faced by the Pahlavi family, following the suicide of Leila Pahlavi (daughter of the former shah) back in 2001. My thoughts are with the surviving members of the Pahlavi family.
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| St Moritz holiday ... the royal family in 1969, from left, Crown Prince Reza, Prince Alireza, the empress Farah, Princess Farahnaz and the shah |
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