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This video is the life story of one of the closest people to Mohammad Reza Shah during the last months of his reign. Dr. Hoshang Nahavandi. The head of Farah's office, the queen of Iran and the former minister of science and before that, housing and development. In addition, Nahavandi was the president of Tehran University for many years, and during that time, under the guidance of the Shah, he formed the group to study Iran's issues, which became known as the group of thinkers. A group that was supposed to prepare realistic reports of Iran's issues and problems. But the reports of this group often met with the anger of the government and even the displeasure of the king. In the last months of the king's reign, when, according to Nahavandi, the area around the king became quiet and few people came to Niavaran to see the king, Nahavandi became one of the closest associates and advisors of the king and the queen, and he maintained his relationship with the king until the last days of his life. kept the royal family. But it is strange that a week before the fall of the monarchy, he was imprisoned on charges of corruption, and after the revolution, he managed to escape from prison and leave the country. He later published his memoirs of these days under the title Last Days in France. Our source for making this video is the book Iranian Namdar by Abbas Milani and the book Last Days by Hoshang Nahavandi.