Topic summary
Death and state funeral of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Personal
- Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
- Iran crisis of 1946
- Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry
- 1952 uprising
- 1953 coup d'état
- SAVAK
- Great Civilization
- White Revolution
- Iranian Land Reform
- Coronation
- 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire
- Seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs
- Rastakhiz Party (Leadership)
- 1975 Algiers Agreement
- State visits
Overthrow and exile (1979–1980)
Works and writings
On 27 July 1980, at 09:15 EEST, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran, died at a military hospital in Cairo, Egypt, at the age of 60. His cause of death was revealed to be that he succumbed to the infections caused by the splenectomy operation. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was given a state funeral by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, which was held on 30 July 1980 and he was buried at the Al-Rifa'i Mosque in Cairo.