Pelley asks Reza Pahlavi: Why would the people of Iran welcome you? #shorts
60 Minutes·2026-03-02 19:43
Palivy's father was the last king. Muhammad Razo Palibi was close to the United States, but he brutally suppressed opposition and showered friends with lavish wealth. In 1979, he left Iran amid rising political tension and a hardline cleric, Ayatollah Kmeni, returned from exile to lead a revolution. Iranians blamed the US for supporting the king and revolutionaries overran the US embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. Your father's reign is remembered for repression and opulent wealth ...