The rise of Reza Pahlavi: Iranian opposition leader or opportunist?

Reza Pahlavi, Iranian opposition leader and son of the last shah of Iran.
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Eric Lob, Florida International University

During the protests that ripped through Iran in January, one person who gained attention was Reza Pahlavi. Pahlavi, who lives in a suburb of Washington, D.C., is the son of the late shah of Iran, who ruthlessly ruled the country before being deposed during the Iranian Revolution in 1979.

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