Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, commonly known as simply the Shah, was the Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979. He succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until he was overthrown by the 1979 revolution, which abolished the Iranian monarchy to establish the…