| Yasmine Pahlavi | |||||
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| Crown Princess of Iran | |||||
| Born | Yasmine Etemad-Amini 26 July 1968 Tehran, Iran | ||||
| Spouse | Reza Pahlavi (m. 1986) | ||||
| Issue | Princess Noor Princess Iman Princess Farah | ||||
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| House | Pahlavi (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Abdullah Etemad-Amini | ||||
| Mother | Forough Eftekhari | ||||
| Religion | Shia Islam[1] | ||||
Yasmine Pahlavi (Persian: یاسمین پهلوی, née Etemad-Amini Persian: اعتماد امینی; born 26 July 1968) is the wife of Reza Pahlavi, the last crown prince of the former Imperial State of Iran.
Biography
Yasmine Etemad-Amini was born in Pars Hospital in Tehran, Iran, on July 26, 1968.[2] 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 in political science, and a doctorate in jurisprudence from its Law School. She is a member of the Maryland Bar Association.[2]
She worked for ten years as a staff attorney for Children's Law Center in Washington, DC, representing the rights of at-risk and underprivileged youth.[3] She was also the co-founder and a director of the Foundation for the Children of Iran.[4] 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.[5] She resigned her leadership role and any affiliation with the Foundation in February 2014.[6] In November 2018, she announced that she had breast cancer.
Marriage and children
| Styles of Crown Princess Yasmine of Iran | |
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| Reference style | Her Imperial Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Imperial Highness |
Yasmine married Reza Pahlavi on 12 June 1986,[7] and the couple has three daughters:
- Princess Noor Zahra Pahlavi, born 3 April 1992
- Princess Iman Pahlavi, born 12 September 1993
- Princess Farah Pahlavi, born 17 January 2004
The family lives in exile in the US. Noor and Iman are attending universities in the US, and Farah is enrolled in secondary school in the US.
Politics
Yasmine Pahlavi has been a vocal supporter of the democracy movement in Iran, appearing at several pro-democracy rallies occurring after the 2009 election upheaval and Iranian Green Movement in Iran.[8][9]
References
- ^ Sapna Maheshwari, On YouTube Kids, Startling Videos Slip Past Filters, The New York Times, November 4, 2017
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ^ "The Foundation for the Children of Iran". Childrenofiran.org. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
- ^ "History". The Foundation for the Children of Iran. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
- ^ "The Foundation for the Children of Iran". Facebook. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
- ^ "Prince Reza Pahlavi and Princess Yasmine Pahlavi - Flickr - Photo Sha…". 18 February 2014. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
External links
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| Preceded by Farah Pahlavi | — TITULAR — Empress consort of Iran 12 June 1986 – present Reason for succession failure: Monarchy abolished in 1979 | Incumbent |