What is Mehrdad Pahlbod?
{{Infobox royalty | name = Mehrdad Pahlbod | image = Mehrdad Pahlbod 2.jpg | imagesize = | birth_date = 16 March 1917 | birth_place = [[Tehran]], [[Qajar dynasty|Persia]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|8|9|1917|3|16|df=y}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | spouse = [[Shams Pahlavi]] (m. 1945; w. 1996) | issue = Prince Shahbaz<br/>Prince Shahyar<br/>Princess Shahrazad | religion = [[Catholic Church]] | father = Nasrollah Minbashian | module = {{Infobox officeholder|embed=yes | alma_mater = [[Firooz Bahram High School]]<br/>[[University of Lausanne]] }} | website = }} '''Mehrdad Pahlbod''' ({{Lang-fa|مهرداد پهلبد}}&lrm;; 16 March 1917 – 9 August 2018) was an [[Iran]]ian [[politician]]. He served as the Minister of Culture and Arts from 1964 to 1978. He was the first culture minister of Iran. He was a member of the Iranian royal family through his marriage to [[Shams Pahlavi]], the sister of [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], the last [[Shah]] of Iran. Pahlbod was born in [[Tehran]]. He married Shams Pahlavi in 1945. They also became [[Roman Catholic]]s in the 1940s. Pahlavi died in 1996. Pahlbod [[Centenarian|turned 100]] in 2017. He died on 9 August 2018 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States]]. He was 101.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fa.rfi.fr/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%BE%D9%87%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%8C-%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF-%D9%88-%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%D9%87%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%8F%D8%B3-%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA-20180810/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86|title=مهرداد پهلبد، وزیر فرهنگ و هنر دوران پهلوی و داماد رضا شاه، در لُس آنجلس درگذشت|publisher=RFI|language=fa|date=10 August 2018|access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pahlbod, Mehrdad}} [[Categor