Eredità controverse: la dinastia Pahlavi nell’Iran contemporaneo

he paper outlinesthe significant causes and events that led to the collapse of the Iranian Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. Italsoanalyses two aspectsof itscontroversial legacy in contemporary Iran. The first oneconcerns the long and troubled disputeregarding the so called “Pahlavi assets” (properties, in the United States, within the control of the estate of the lastShah or of any close relative of the lastShah), that began as early as a few days after the revolutionary government took office. The second onediscusses thepotential political involvement of Reza Cyrus Pahlavi, the eldest son of the last Shah, in efforts to overcome the current Iranian regime and facilitate a constitutional transition.