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Le Shah d'Iran, Mohamad Reza, le 12 août 1963, à Rome, Italie. (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)Image provided by Getty Images...

In a rare interview—nearly 50 years after her iconic T&C cover—the former Empress of Iran, Her Imperial Majesty Farah Pahlavi, contemplates her role as a force of modernity in the Middle East and as a symbol of what was and what could be for Persians around the world.

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H.I.M. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shahanshah Aryamehr, The Shah of Iran, smiling after the birth of his first son, H.I.M. Crown Prince Cyrus Reza Pahlavi, Tehran, Iran, 31 October, 1960

Shah Reza Pahlevi, saluting the Army during his returning.

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H.I.M. Crown Prince Cyrus Reza Pahlavi, Reza Shah II, The Shsh of Iran, and Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi, 1980s