She received her elementary education at Tehran’s Italian School and French Jeanne d’Arc School. Upon finishing her studies at the Lycee Razi, she pursued an interest in architecture at the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris, where she was a student of Albert Besson.
On October 26th, 1967 the Shah celebrated his coronation and Queen Farah received the title of Shahbanou (Empress). After the Islamic Revolution, she and her husband decided to leave the country. They departed Iran on January 16th, 1979 and moved to Egypt. Six days later the imperial couple departed to Marrakesh. During their exile the Shah and Shahbanou lived in Bahamas, Cuernacaca (Mexico), the United States and Panama. In March 1980 they moved again to Egypt where Shah died on July 27th.
At present Farah Pahlavi lives between Paris and the USA. She has created the Prince Ali Reza Foundation in honour of her late son to promote the Iranian studies.
Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity. Pierre Omidyar
