Yasmine Pahlavi (Persian: یاسمین پهلوی, née Etemad-Amini, Persian: اعتماد امینی; born 26 July 1968), is the wife of Reza Pahlavi, the former crown prince of the Imperial State of Iran.[1][2]

Yasmine Pahlavi
Crown Princess of Iran (titular)
Pahlavi in 2023
BornYasmine Etemad-Amini
(1968-07-26) 26 July 1968 (age 56)
Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Spouse
(m. 1986)
IssueNoor Pahlavi
Iman Pahlavi
Farah Pahlavi
HousePahlavi (by marriage)
FatherAbdullah Etemad-Amini
MotherForough Eftekhari

Biography

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Yasmine Etemad-Amini was born in Pars Hospital in Tehran, Iran, on July 26, 1968.[3][4] She attended the private Tehran Community School until the rising tensions in the late 1970s forced her family to leave Iran permanently. They settled in the San Francisco area of California, where she attended and matriculated at Notre Dame High School.

She is a graduate of George Washington University, obtaining a BA degree in political science, and a juris doctor degree from its Law School. She is a member of the Maryland Bar Association.[3]

She worked for ten years as a staff attorney for Children's Law Center in Washington, D.C., representing the rights of at-risk and underprivileged youth.[5] She was also the co-founder and a director of the Foundation for the Children of Iran.[6][7] Founded in 1991, the purpose of the Foundation is to provide health care services to Iranian children or children of Iranian origin regardless of race, color, creed, religious or political affiliation. She resigned from her leadership role and any affiliation with the Foundation in February 2014.[8] In November 2018, she announced that she had breast cancer.[9]

Marriage and children

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Yasmine married Reza Pahlavi on 12 June 1986,[10][11] and the couple have three daughters:[3][12]

  1. Noor Pahlavi, born (1992-04-03) 3 April 1992 (age 32)
  2. Iman Pahlavi, born (1993-09-12) 12 September 1993 (age 31)
  3. Farah Pahlavi, born (2004-01-17) 17 January 2004 (age 20)

The family lives in the United States.[13]

References

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  1. ^ Cooper, Andrew Scott (2 August 2016). The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran. Macmillan. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8050-9897-6.
  2. ^ "Yasmine Pahlavi, Princesse héritière d'Iran - Biographie & actus". Point de Vue (in French). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Hoseini, Mirhadi. "Iran Pahlavi dynasty". Teacher Training University, Tehran. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  4. ^ Entekhabifard, Camelia (9 March 2021). "Crown Princess Yasmine Pahlavi: Iranian Women Will Play a Key Role in Taking Back our Country". Asharq AL-awsat. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Yasmine Pahlavi Attorney". Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  6. ^ "The Foundation for the Children of Iran". Childrenofiran.org. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  7. ^ KADIVAR, Darius (6 August 2008). "YASMINE'S MISSION FOR IRAN'S CHILDREN". www.payvand.com. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  8. ^ "The Foundation for the Children of Iran". Facebook. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Video Interview With Yasmine Pahlavi, Wife of Prince Reza Pahlavi". Kayhan Life. 11 August 2020. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ "Prince Reza Pahlavi and Princess Yasmine Pahlavi - Flickr - Photo Sha…". 18 February 2014. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014.
  11. ^ "Princess Yasmine Pahlavi of Iran". www.thepahlavidynasty.com. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  12. ^ "ROYALTY: Yasmine Pahlavi A Princess in Love | Iranian.com". iranian.com. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  13. ^ Esfandiari, Golnaz. "In Iran, An Unlikely Champion For Cancer Awareness". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
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Titles in pretence
Preceded by — TITULAR —
Empress consort of Iran
12 June 1986 – present
Reason for succession failure:
Monarchy abolished in 1979
Incumbent