The last Empress of Iran, Farah Pahlavi, lived a life of immense privilege, power, and ultimately, profound tragedy. From a fairy-tale rise to becoming the first crowned Empress of Iran, to exile and heartbreaking personal losses, her life reflects the fall of the Iranian monarchy and the turmoil of revolution. From Commoner to Empress Born Farah Diba in 1938 to an aristocratic but financially struggling family, she studied architecture in Paris. There, she met Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, a twic