Farah Diba
Farah Diba (born October 14, 1938 in Tehran, Iran) was the third wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran and the last Empress of Iran.
She was born in Tehran to Sohrab Diba and Farideh Diba, she was the only child. Her father Sohrab was a military officer whose family was originally from Azerbaijan, he died when she was a child. Her mother oversaw Farah's education. She studied at the French school in Tehran and ÃÂÃÂcole SpÃÂéciale d'Architecture in Paris. While a student, she met the Shah numerous times. He eventually proposed to her, and the two were wed on December 21, 1959. She gave birth to four children with the Shah:
- Reza II (born on October 30, 1960)
- Farahnaz (born on March 12, 1963)
- Ali Reza (born on April 28, 1966)
- Leila (March 27, 1970 - June 10, 2001).