Reza Pahlavi is the elder son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He addresses Democratization and the Secular Movement in Iran.
 
A graduate in political science of the University of Southern California, Pahlavi left Iran in the summer of 1978 to complete his Air Force training at the former Reese Air Force base in Lubbock, Texas. He has lived in Egypt and Morocco and, since 1984, he has resided in the United States.