[4][5] His mother, Turan (Qamar ol-Molouk) Amirsoleimani, was related to the Qajar dynasty deposed in 1925 in favor of Reza Shah.

[7][8][9] She was also the granddaughter of Majd ed-Dowleh Qajar-Qovanlu Amirsoleimani, Naser al Din Shah's maternal cousin.

[5] He accompanied his father, Reza Shah, to his exile in British Mauritius when the latter was forced to abdicate in September 1941.

[17] He was a member of the Royal Council which ruled Iran during the international visits of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

[18] In early December 1973, he and his wife officially visited China just before the first Iranian ambassador, Abbas Aram, began to serve in that country.

[21] During the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, he owned land in Iran and was a large shareholder in six firms.

[23] It was established by the Shah to get contracts for municipal and road construction projects, and the members were given certain amounts from the profits.

[23] Gholam Reza Pahlavi involved in a corruption case when he took payment from an East European country which made an investment contract with Iran.

In the immediate aftermath of the revolution, Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali, a religious judge and then chairman of the Revolutionary Court, informed the press that a death sentence was passed on the members of the Pahlavi family, including Gholam Reza and other former Shah officials.