Farah Pahlavi
Farah Pahlavi, Her Imperial Majesty, Empress of Iran (Persian: فرح پهلوی, Azerbaijani: Fərəh Pəhləvi; born Farah Diba; 14 October 1938) is the former Queen and Empress of Iran. She is the widow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, and the only person to hold the title of Empress (Shahbanou) since pre-Islamic Iran. She was Queen consort of Iran from 1959 until 1967 and Empress consort from 1967 until exile in 1979.
Though the titles and distinctions of the Iranian imperial family were abolished within Iran by the Islamic government, as a former monarch she is still styled as Her Imperial Majesty The Shahbanou (Empress) of Iran, in accordance with International protocol. For example, the United States of America, Denmark, Spain and Germany, still address the former Empress as Her Imperial Majesty The Shahbanou of Iran in official documents, such as royal wedding guest lists. The Empress has been bestowed with many State Decorations from other Imperial and Royal houses and accordingly enjoys some form of precedence in these Royal and Imperial Courts.
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