Iranian Princess Ashraf Pallavi passes away

Q.  Iranian royalty passed away on 8th January 2016. What was the name of this royal figure?
- Published on 11 Jan 16

a. Princess Ashraf Pahlavi
b. Princess Ashraf Ghani
c. Princess Zara Shah
d. Queen Rania

ANSWER: Princess Ashraf Pahlavi
 
Iran’s princess Ashraf Pahlavi, the twin sister of the nation’s deposed Shah has passed away at the age of 96. She was epitomised in an Andy Warhol portrait. Born on October 26, 1919, she was the daughter of monarch Reza Shah who came to power in a coup in 1921. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, her twin brother was pushed into taking power in a US engineered 1953 coup.

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