Biography of reza shah mummy

Updated | A Tehran city official thinks its "possible" that a recently-discovered mummified body might have belonged to Reza Shah Pahlavi, next-to-last last shah of Iran, the Associated Press reports.

DNA tests will be needed to confirm the identity of the body, unearthed near the site of a royal mausoleum destroyed during the 1979 revolution.

Hassan Khalilabadi, the head of the Tehran City Council's cultural heritage and tourism committee, told the state-run IRNA news agency the remains might belong to the late shah and founder of the Pahlavi dynasty, the AP reported.

Reza Shah's grandson, Reza Pahlavi, later confirmed the family's belief that the remains were indeed of the late monarch in an emailed statement, citing "further evaluation" of "additional evidence." The exact nature of this evidence remains unclear.

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