Son of Iran shah commits suicide in US: brother

[a kennedy]

by Jo Biddle

The youngest son of the late shah of Iran has committed suicide in his US home weighed down by sorrow at the loss of his father and the upheaval in his homeland, his family said Tuesday.
"It is with immense grief that we would like to inform our compatriots of the passing away of Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi," Reza Pahlavi, the shah's oldest son, said on his website.
He said his brother, 44, who was studying at Harvard University, had struggled to come to terms with the political troubles in his native Iran.
"Like millions of young Iranians, he too was deeply disturbed by all the ills fallen upon his beloved homeland, as well as carrying the burden of losing a father and a sister in his young life," Reza Pahlavi wrote.
"Although he had struggled for years to overcome his sorrow, he finally succumbed, and during the night of the 4th of January 2011, in his Boston residence, took his own life, plunging his family and friends into great sorrow."
It was not immediately clear what the cause of death was, but the Boston Globe said police where investigating Pahlavi's death and he appeared to have shot himself.
"Preliminary investigation suggests that the bullet wound was self-inflicted," said Boston police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110104/wl_mideast_afp/iranpoliticsusshah

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. cia?

:tinfoilhat:

/s

[dipsydoodle]

2. Maybe

he finally understood exactly how evil his father was and couldn't deal with it.

[tammywammy]

3. Suicide is always unfortuante. n/t