AN EPIC SERIES ON THE LAST SHAH REZA PAHLAVI OF IRAN AND HIS WIFE EMPRESS FARAH PAHLAVI IN THE WORKS

  THE LAST SHAH SERIES  

ON REZA AND FARAH PAHLAVI OF IRAN

Reza and Farah Pahlavi of Iran

The latest royal TV series announced comes from writer Morrie Rosmarin who is preparing THE LAST SHAH series which will span four decades beginning during World War II, when the young monarch, Reza Pahlavi, ascended to the throne of Iran, and ending in 1979 with the Islamic Revolution. It will be given through the eye of his third wife Farah who married the Shah in 1959 clad in a dazzling Dior gown embroidered with silver thread and pearls, designed by Yves Saint Laurent. This ultimately tragic story of a wife, mother and queen trying to save her husband, the Shah of Iran, her family, her dynasty, and her homeland will be told from the point of view of Empress Farah Pahlavi. It will depict an epic struggle for the survival of Iran’s monarchy at the crossroads of the modern world. The characters are interwoven into a compelling saga of personal relations, family crises, palace intrigue, religious upheaval and machinations of Shakespearean proportions, all set against the powder keg of a brewing revolution that will change the course of history.