Queen Soraya Couldn’t Have a Son — Then the Shah Cast Her Aside

Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary became Queen of Iran at just eighteen, marrying Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1951 during one of the most turbulent political periods in modern Iranian history. In this video we trace her seven years as queen through the Mosaddegh crisis, the personal and political pressures that surrounded royal succession, her 1958 divorce, and her decades of life in Europe afterward as a film actress and memoirist. A factual, respectful look at the life of one of the twentieth century's most closely watched royal figures. 🔔 Subscribe for more deep dives into royal and political history #QueenSoraya #IranianHistory #PahlaviDynasty