5 Fascinating Facts About Ashraf Pahlavi’s New York Townhouse

She enjoyed a rare kind of influence in royal courts—a mix of familial closeness to the Shah, political ambition, and an unyielding sense of self-confidence. She used her proximity to power to position herself as a political adviser, international envoy, and protector of the monarchy, all while maintaining a complex private life shaped by privilege, loss, and exile.