Ashraf Pahlavi Quotes

1919–2016 Iran

Princess Ashraf ol-Molouk Pahlavi (شرف پهلوی; Aŝraf Pahlawi; October 26, 1919 – January 7, 2016) was the twin sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran (Persia) and a member of the Pahlavi Dynasty. She was considered the "power behind her brother" and was instrumental in the 1953 coup which led to him taking the throne.

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I don't need to pray. I have God in myself.

I don't need to pray. I have God in myside.

In Bitter American Exile, the Shah's Twin Sister, Ashraf, Defends Their Dynasty (1980)

Carter didn't kill my brother with his own hand, but he overthrew him. If Nixon were President, my brother would still be on the throne.

In Bitter American Exile, the Shah's Twin Sister, Ashraf, Defends Their Dynasty (1980)

I don't care when I die, when you die, you die. What I don't want is to die in my bed. To be killed in an accident or to be shot is my preferred way to die.

In Bitter American Exile, the Shah's Twin Sister, Ashraf, Defends Their Dynasty (1980)

Persia’s backward conditions were relics of social traditions ... and the women for that matter weren’t ready to exchange the protection they had traditionally enjoyed for the unknowns of a new social status.

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