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Events on Wednesday 26 July 1944 1
1878 – 1944Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878-1944)Died 26 July 1944, aged 66Founder of the Pahlavi dynasty, who ruled Iran from 1925 and pushed through rapid modernisation and centralisation. He was forced to abdicate in 1941 after the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, and his son Mohammad Reza succeeded him. He died in exile in Johannesburg.