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 | | His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (Persian: محمدرضا شاه پهلوی;) (October 26, 1919 – July 27, 1980) holder of the deferential title Aryamehr ("Light of the Aryans"), was the last Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 until 1979. |
 | | His father, Reza Pahlavi, (1877–1944), had risen from the post of Minister of War to that of Prime Minister, before he was elected by the National Assembly (parliament), also known as the Majlis of Iran, as Shah of Iran in 1925, starting the Pahlavi dynasty. |
 | | Prior to Reza Pahlavi's ascension, the kingdom of Iran had been feeling the gradual encroachment of two expanding empires: Russia and Britain. |
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