The life of Princess Soraya in pictures

 Princess Soraya of Iran born Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, 22 June 1932 – 26 October 2001 was Queen of Iran, the second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, and a notable actress.Soraya was the eldest child and only daughter of Khalil Esfandiary, a Bakhtiari nobleman and Iranian ambassador to West Germany in the 1950s, and his Moscow-born German wife Eva Karl. She was born in the English Missionary Hospital in Isfahan on 22 June 1932. She had one sibling, a younger brother, Bijan. Her family had long been involved in the Iranian government and diplomatic corps. An uncle, Sardar Assad, was a leader in the Iranian constitutional movement of the early 20th century.Soraya was raised in Berlin and Isfahan, and educated in London and Switzerland.

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Princess Soraya and Dr. Mosadegh

One comment

  1. DAVOOD HAJI ABBASI

    THE PICTURES OF NICE SORAYA AND HER DESTINY MADE ME VERY SAD.