The former empress Farah Diba Pahlavi (84) is still the ‘mother of the nation’ for many Iranians. Today she lives in exile in the US and in Paris. In an exclusive interview for the “Krone” she talks about the protests. For them, the fall of the current government is no longer a utopia.
Iran has been engulfed in protests since the death of 19-year-old Masha Amini. Hundreds of thousands fight under the motto ‘Woman. To live. Freedom.” against the Islamic regime, for women’s rights and the abolition of the headscarf. Desire for freedom.
change of environment. Washington DC, a mansion on the outskirts. Farah Diba (84) follows what is happening here in exile at all times. She spontaneously agrees to the interview request for “Krone bunt”. Her country and the people who live there are still very important to her. She wants to raise her voice. Already during the reign after her marriage in 1959 to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, she was referred to as “the working empress”. She liberated women from the headscarf. Women were allowed to wear miniskirts and drive cars.
Source: Krone
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