9 August 2018(2018-08-09) (aged 101) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Spouse
Shams Pahlavi
(m. 1945; died 1996)
Issue
Shahbaz Shahyar Shahrzad
Father
Nasrollah Minbashian
Minister of Culture
In office 7 March 1964 – 27 August 1978
Monarch
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime Minister
Hassan Ali Mansur Amir-Abbas Hoveyda Jamshid Amouzegar
Personal details
Alma mater
Firooz Bahram High School University of Lausanne
Mehrdad Pahlbod (Persian: مهرداد پهلبد; 16 March 1917 – 9 August 2018), born as Ezatollah Minbashian (Persian: عزتالله مینباشیان), was an Iranian politician who served as the first culture minister of Iran from 1964 until 1978.[1][2]
^"Oral History Interview: Mehrdad Pahlbod". FIS. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
^"مهرداد پهلبد، وزیر فرهنگ و هنر دوران پهلوی و داماد رضا شاه، در لُس آنجلس درگذشت". fa.rfi.fr (in Persian). 10 August 2018.
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