Azadeh Shafiq

Azadeh Shafiq (; 1951 – 23 February 2011) was an Iranian royal and a member of the Pahlavi dynasty, being daughter of Ashraf Pahlavi. Following the Iranian revolution that toppled her uncle, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, she exiled in Paris and involved in opposition activities to the Islamic regime in Iran.

Early life and education Shafiq was born in 1951. She was the daughter of Ashraf Pahlavi, twin sister of the Shah Mohammad Reza, and her Egyptian second husband, Ahmad Shafiq. Although her parents were divorced in 1960, her father did not return to Egypt and stayed in Tehran to raise his children. She participated in protests and opposition activities against the Islamic regime. She supported efforts to restore the monarchy in Iran and headed a monarchist group, Free Iran movement in Paris. In 1979 she began to publish a weekly magazine, Iran-e Azad, which was disbanded in the 1980s.

Death Shafiq died of leukemia in Paris on 23 February 2011.