She married Vincent Lee Hillyer (1924 – 7 July 1999) in a civil ceremony in Civitavecchia, Italy, on 13 April 1950.[3] Hillyer converted to Islam.[3][2] On 10 May they wed in a religious ceremony at Iran's embassy in Paris.[3][12] Hillyer was a friend of her brother Abdul Reza Pahlavi.[13] Fatimeh and Hillyer met in Iran during the latter's visit to the country.[8] The marriage was not fully endorsed by Shah Mohammad Reza,[14] probably due to negative reactions in Iran.[15] They had three children, two sons, Kayvan and Dariush, and one daughter, Rana, who died in an accidental fall in infancy in 1954.[8][16] They divorced in September 1959.[17][9]