He was the younger son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the former Shah of Iran[1] and his third wife Farah Diba.

"[11] After a long period of depression, on 4 January 2011 Pahlavi died in his apartment in the South End, Boston, (141 West Newton Street)[12] from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

[13] Mahnaz Afkhami, the former Iranian Minister of Women's Affairs of the Shah's government, told the BBC World Service that Pahlavi and his family being forced into exile in 1979 was very "traumatic" for him and that he had experienced a "loss of identity" in exile.

[15] He was survived by his mother, Farah Pahlavi, his older brother Reza, his sister Farahnaz, half-sister Shahnaz,[16] daughter and partner.

[18] On 23 January 2011, an official memorial was held in The Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda, Maryland.