Farah Pahlavi

Royal Jewels, call it an obsession or whatever, they are hard to forget. Royal jewelry is not just a reminiscent of yesteryear art but it holds a high value for being so unique, rare and exclusive. Those ages old diamonds, heirloom sapphires, rubies, emeralds and various gemstones cost millions for their rarity and historical significance. Though I’m mostly interested in British royal jewels (because they are larger in the collection and more famous), I also love to dig out the stories of...Read Full Story

royalwatcher: Empress Farah wearing her new crown leaving the coronation ceremony of her husband, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, 1967.Read Full Story

Andy Warhol art at the new Pop Art & Op Art exhibition at Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art. Photograph: Amos Chapple for the Guardian It is the finest collection of modern art anywhere outside Europe and the US, boasting works by Jackson Pollock, Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol,Edvard Munch, René Magritte and Mark Rothko.But the pieces have been stacked in the basement of Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art for more than 30 years, gathering dust in storage. Censors in Iran classed some as un...Read Full Story

An Enduring Love: My Life with the Shah: A Memoir Empress Farah Pahlavi (Auteur) (1)Acheter neuf : EUR 18,69 (as of 01/22/2013 18:53 PST) 6 neuf & d'occasion a partir de EUR 3,33 (as of 01/22/2013 18:53 PST)(Consultez la liste Meilleures ventes Iran pour des informations officielles sur le classement actuel de ce produit.)Read Full Story

Her Imperial Majesty Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi, Empress of Iran, was in Monaco on April 25, 2013, to attend the opening of the 4th Edition of the Salon Art Monaco held at the Grimaldi Forum. The purpose of Empress Farah’s attendance to this great four-day event was to oversee “…an exhibit and sale of artwork for the benefit of the Prince Alireza Pahlavi Fund for Ancient Iran Scholarship at Harvard University…” According to the official website for the Prince Alireza Foundation several of the...Read Full Story