Biography of princess leila pahlavi

Iranian princess

Leila Pahlavi (Persian: لیلا پهلوی, 27 March 1970 – 10 June 2001) was a princess of Iran and the youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Shah and his third wife, Farah Pahlavi.

Early life

Leila Pahlavi was born on 27 March 1970 in Tehran, Iran. She was the fourth and youngest child of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the Empress Farah Pahlavi.^[2] She had two elder brothers, an elder sister and an elder half-sister.^[2]

In exile

Princess Leila was nine years old when her family was forced into exile as a result of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Following her father's death in Egypt from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1980, the family settled in the United States. She attended the United Nations International School in New York City and graduated from Rye Country Day School in 1988.^[3] She spoke Persian, English, and French fluently, as well as some Spanish and Italian.^[3] She spent much of her time commuting b