But I have to keep my spirit and my courage for my other children and for Iran. On the second floor of the apartment hangs a painting of the late King and the Queen on a motorcycle. Certainly, no one has ever dared refer to her as such in her presence. People are passing by in a bus. Even now, people call this road, The Road of Farah. Princess Noor Pahlavi wears dress and belt by Dior. On another shelf rests a replica of her coronation crown. In , the Shah crowned his empress as a symbol of the emancipation of Iranian women — and for this singular occasion, he had one made.
Beyond the stone walls of her residence, the Queen appears indifferent to her picturesque surroundings. Empress Farah Pahlavi wears: suit by Ralph Lauren. She shares that she was an aware and alert infant. The young princess was quick to notice the attention surrounding her grandmother. They never wanted our identity to surround that and that life. They wanted us focused on our education; never thinking that anything would be handed to us because of a title or lineage.
A few weeks after the interview, I am on the phone with one of the one million registered displaced Iranians. She agrees to speak with me on condition of anonymity, to protect her family in Iran. Her mother, Mme. Farideh Diba, personally supervised her education, first at Tehran's Jeanne d'Arc and Razi schools, and later at the Ecole d'Architecture in Paris, where she was studying up to the time of her marriage to the Shah anshah Aryamehr, which took place on December 20, As Empress she pursued her interests in social work, the emancipation of women, sport and art.
Most of her time was devoted to the promotion of social welfare and culture, and she was patron of 24 educational, health, cultural and charity organizations. In addition to supervising the work of these organizations in Tehran the Empress payed frequent visits to even the most remote parts of Iran to obtain first-hand knowledge of the life and aspirations of farmers and ordinary people.
Apart from accompanying her husband the Shahanshah on official visits abroad, the Empress has also paid a number of official and semi-official visits to foreign countries in Europe, America, Africa and Asia. Empress Farah's deep interest and personal involvement in the arts have been largely responsible for Iran's cultural many cultural movements and her frequent visits to art exhibitions and performances gave fresh incentive to all Iranian artistic activities.
In and , some works were briefly put on display, long enough for photographers to capture Iranian women, shrouded in their hijabs, studying the abstract expressionist works. Long enough to have an impact. Afterwards, some of the women who toured the gallery made contact with Pahlavi. The seeds you plant with love and belief, they never die. Two years ago, as relations thawed between the West and Tehran following the landmark nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration and the EU, works from the collection were due to go on display in Berlin and then Rome.
At the 11th hour, however, the Iranian authorities pulled out. Shall we say that's good? It's not. Pahlavi had planned to travel to Berlin from Paris, where she lives in an apartment overlooking the Seine decorated with contemporary Iranian artwork.
Cancelling the trip must surely have added to the agony of being divorced from the collection she'd lovingly put together. I listen to Persian music. So I'm in it. I'm not in Iran, but I am in it. Loss is a recurring theme in her life. Of her father.
Of her husband, who in died of cancer in Egypt aged 60 , 18 months after fleeing his homeland. Of her daughter, Princess Leila, who died from a drug overdose in London in , aged Of her second son, Prince Ali-Reza, who at 44 committed suicide in Boston in Of the country she has never returned to.
Of her art. Does it sadden her that so few people get to cast eyes on the collection? What is most important is what has happened to my country. It's not just one museum, there are so many other things. As I always say, I never lose hope for Iran. The duo are also filming a documentary on Pahlavi's life.
This is what makes her cinematic and interesting. She was a visionary. Credit: Vanishing Pictures Productions. Farah Pahlavi's homeland is again in flux, with the economy floundering, the currency the rial plummeting, civil unrest on the streets and Iran targeted again as America's number one global enemy.
Polling suggests less than one third of Iranian-Americans support President Trump's withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal, and his re-imposition of harsh sanctions.
So what about Pahlavi, who has released statements in support of the protesters? I don't want that to happen. We talk about the hostility she encountered on earlier visits to New York City.
I said, 'My God, how come these people who shout for freedom and democracy have a portrait of a mullah? Shah's health deteriorated and he died four months later in 27 July The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.
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