Mysterious mummy found in Iran could be father of last shah

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Mysterious mummy found in Iran could be father of last shah

This is an undated file photo of Reza Shah Pahlavi in an unidentified place. The discovery in Iran of a mummified body near the site of a former royal mausoleum has raised speculation it could be the remains of the late Reza Shah Pahlavi, founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. (AP Photo, File) (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)/ DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Construction workers in Iran may have unearthed the mummified remains of Reza Shah Pahlavi, the father of the country's last monarch, nearly four decades after ...

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Apr 25, 2018

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Mummified body found in Iran could be father of last shah

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A mummified body discovered near the site of a former royal mausoleum in Iran may be the remains of Reza Shah Pahlavi, the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty and the father of the country's last shah. The recent find of the gauze-wrapped body — and the speculation ...

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Mummified body of the Shah of Iran 'found in Tehran' construction site

construction worker in southern Tehran may have stumbled across the mummified body of Reza Shah Pahlavi, the Iranian ruler whose son was overthrown in the revolution of 1979. Builders were carrying out construction work at a Shia shrine in Tehran when they found the body amid a pile of rubble. ...

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Iran Unearths Mummy That Could Belong to One of its Last Royal Leaders

A Tehran city official thinks its "possible" that a recently-discovered mummified body might have belonged to Reza Shah Pahlavi, next-to-last last shah of Iran, reports. DNA tests will be needed to confirm the identity of the body, unearthed near the site of a royal mausoleum destroyed during ...

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Construction Workers May Have Found the Mummy of a Long-Lost Iranian Shah

Reza Shah Khan Pahlavi Reza Shah Pahlavi, hands second son, Ali Reza, commission as officer at graduation exercises at Iran's "West Point," Tehran, prior to Anglo-Russian action Reza Shah Khan Pahlavi, Tehran, Iran/ Uncredited/AP/REX/Shutterstock—Uncredited/AP/REX/Shutterstock/ (DUBAI, United ...

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Mummified body found near royal tomb may be Reza Shah Pahlavi, founder of modern Iran

A mummified body discovered near the site of a former royal mausoleum has raised speculation that it could be the remains of Reza Shah Pahlavi, shown in an undated photo, the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. (Associated Press)

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Son Of Late Shah Says Mummified Body Found In Iran Most Likely That Of His Grandfather

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Son Of Late Shah Says Mummified Body Found In Iran Most Likely That Of His Grandfather

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the late Mohammad Reza Shah, the last shah of Iran, says a mummified body recently found near a religious shrine in Shahr, south of the Iranian capital is "most probably" that of his grandfather Reza Shah Pahlavi. "From the first moments after hearing the news of ...

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Iran's Exiled Prince Says Mummified Body 'Probably' Former Shah

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Iran's Exiled Prince Says Mummified Body 'Probably' Former Shah

Iran's exiled crown prince, Reza Pahlavi, says he believes Iranian authorities have found the remains of his grandfather, a former ruler of the nation, at the site of a destroyed tomb where he had been buried. In a Tuesday statement posted on Twitter, the U.S.-based Pahlavi said he believes the ...

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Iran's Reza Shah: Mummified remains 'likely' belong to ex-leader

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Iran's Reza Shah: Mummified remains 'likely' belong to ex-leader

These are external links and will open in a new window/ Mummy believed to be of Reza Shah (left) and Reza Shah's body (right) A mummy discovered near the Iranian capital "most probably" belongs to the father of the last Shah of Iran, his family has said. The mummified remains were found on ...

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The discovery of a decades-old corpse unearths a new threat to Iran's theocracy

The latest threat to Iran's theocracy — already struggling to contain public anger over/ Construction workers renovating a Shiite Muslim shrine near the former tomb of Reza Shah Pahlavi in Tehran this week stumbled upon a mummified corpse, fueling speculation that it could be the missing remains ...

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Mysterious mummy found in Iran could be father of last shah

Construction workers in Iran may have unearthed the mummified remains of Reza Shah Pahlavi, the father of the country's last monarch, nearly four decades after the Islamic Revolution toppled the dynasty./ Reza Pahlavi, who lives in exile, believes the remains to be those of his grandfather/ This ...

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