Reza Pahlavi was only 16 years old when Iran’s 1979 revolution toppled his father’s 40-year rule. The eldest son of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, he was the first in the line to inherit the oil-rich thousand-year-old empire. Now at the age of 65, nearly half a century after the unravelling of his birthright, his wait … The post The son of Iran’s last shah is rallying protesters. But do Iranians really want another king? appeared first on Egypt Independent .