He was also part of the Royal Council that ruled Iran during the international visits of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

[9] He argued that this assassination could be used as a legitimate reason for the adoptation of their father's iron fist policy against them.

[10] Abdul Reza also dealt with business, being wholly or partly the owner of factories, mining operations and agricultural firms.

While criticized for promoting trophy hunting for himself and friends, Pahlavi aggressively pursued poachers while head of the Iranian Dept.

of the Environment, establishing one of the most extensive and successful big-game management programs in the developing world.

[16] He was also responsible for enacting law protecting endangered species such as the gazelle, Caspian tiger, wild ass, cheetah, and the Persian fallow deer from extinction, imposing stiff fines for game law violators.

[17] In 1978, he approved the transfer of four Persian fallow deer from Iran to Israel before the fall of the Shah.

[18] According to a survey by an Iranian environmentalist, Hoshang Zeaee, overhunting and environmental destruction since 1978 has resulted in the extinction of several species once native to the Iranian plateau, including the Jebeer Gazelle (Gazella Dorcas Fuscifrons), Persian Wild Ass (Equus Hermionus), Alborz Red Sheep (Ovis Ammon Orientaliss), Asian Cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus), Persian Fallow Deer (Dama Mesopotamica) and Goitered Gazelle (Gazella Subgutturosia).