A Dying King: The Shah of Iran

Follow the rise and fall of Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi during the Iran Revolution of 1979 into political exile following opposition from Islamic insurgents. While sick with lymphoma, he was shuffled from country to country until he died in Egypt at the age of 60. His death has had profound consequences on the future of the Middle East, and yet the medical and political circumstances surrounding his death have so far been gone untold. Now uncover the mystery of the last Shah of Iranis illness, misdiagnosis, medical mistreatment, the Iran hostage crisis and its impact on the rest of the world. Featuring interviews with his medical team Abbas Safavian, MD, Bj rn Thorbjarnarson, MD, Morton Coleman, MD and more. In English with French and Farsi Subtitles

• biography
• documentary
• history