Talk:Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran

Ask for edit protection
There's a dispute on his title. I think this article needs protection before the edit war starts. P. Pajouhesh (talk) 07:02, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * what a mess, alright lets talk to this before it gets any worse. Amir Ghandi (talk) 07:15, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Use of "legitimate" in first section
Pahlavi is described as the last Shah's oldest "legitimate" son. Is the last Shah known to have any illegitimate sons? (None are mentioned in the wiki article on him.) If not, then the word should be removed. MayerG (talk) 12:10, 17 January 2023 (UTC)


 * @MayerG No, it should be removed. Amir Ghandi (talk) 14:31, 17 January 2023 (UTC)@

Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2023
Hello everyone. There is a mistake in the cited foreign honour title given by the Italian Republic back in 1974. The Knight Grand Cross with Collar was awarded both to then-Prince Reza and his uncle, as listed here[|Order_of_Merit_of_the_Italian_Republic]. The link in the Honours section of this page references the one for the uncle, so the link should be changed to https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/35145 Trantorvega (talk) 19:52, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ USS Col a! rado🇺🇸 (C⭐T) 12:27, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 May 2023
Update the number of signatures in "Support during the Mahsa Amini protests" section to the current number 460000 according to actual petition.

ps: this edit function won't allow for the link to actual petition, this link mentions it and gives a link to it https://jinsa.org/iran-revolution-maturing/ Mje007 (talk) 08:21, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ -Lemonaka‎  08:59, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 June 2023
Please add the category Category:Crown princes. 98.228.137.44 (talk) 21:07, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Lightoil (talk) 02:25, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Unable to edit this article
I was going to add a wikilink to this article, but was prevented from doing so because it appears to be blocked from editing. Please fix this ridiculous situation! 173.88.246.138 (talk) 21:49, 24 September 2023 (UTC)


 * We'll keep it protected because it's subject to frequent vandalism. What change do you wish to make? You'll notice that the three previous entries on this talk page are requests for edits to this protected article; you can do exactly the same. Or just tell us what you want wikilinked right here and it will get done. --jpgordon&#x1d122;&#x1d106;&#x1D110;&#x1d107; 15:24, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 13 July 2024
Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran → Reza Pahlavi – Per WP:NPOV and WP:NCROY JasonMacker (talk) 23:00, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

This title being used in this article's name is in violation of both WP:NPOV and WP:NCROY. He does not hold any official, legal title. This is because Iran's monarchy has been out of power for over 45 years. Muhammad bin Salman, an official crown prince who exerts power in his country, does not label him "Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia" in the article name. Neither does fa:رضا پهلوی, which has no issue disambiguating the three people whose full name contains "Reza Pahlavi". Both in English and in Persian, since the beginning of the 21st century, people who say "Reza Pahlavi" are unambiguously referring to the man born in 1960. His father is referred to as Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his grandfather is referred to as Reza Shah. WP:NCROY states the following: "Do not use hypothetical, dissolved or defunct titles, including pretenders (real or hypothetical), unless this is what the majority of English-language reliable sources use." Reza Pahlavi himself does not use this title. On his website's "about" page, it merely states that he was "officially named Crown Prince in 1967". In the news articles promoted on his website there is no consensus. The Persian language articles merely call him "Prince Reza Pahlavi", while the English language articles use phrases such as "last Shah's exiled son" or or "eldest son of the last Shah", while one CBC article does refer to him as an "exiled Crown Prince and son of the last Shah of Iran." Note that this is a curated list of news articles on his own webpage.

For these reasons, I propose:

1. This article's name is moved to Reza Pahlavi, removing the unnecessary disambiguation page.

2. References to "the Crown Prince" in this article should be replaced with appropriate pronouns or his actual name, unless it is a discussion of the title itself.

I've reviewed the previous move requests (from 2018 and earlier), and here's my responses to points raised in previous move requests:

Referring to him as Reza Pahlavi II is not commonly used in news sources. In fact, I've never seen him referred to as such, whether in English or Persian. As stated above, referring to "Reza Pahlavi" in the 21st century unambiguously references this article's subject. For this reason, I oppose any suggestion that this article should instead be moved to Reza Pahlavi II.

Reza Shah, aka Reza Shah Pahlavi, has been dead for over 80 years, and is currently not referred to as "Reza Pahlavi", whether in English or in Persian. Unlike Reza Pahlavi, Reza Shah was not born with the name "Reza Pahlavi", only for a brief period from 1919-1925 did he use the surname Pahlavi without also referring to himself as Shah. For this reason, there is no need to disambiguate "Reza Pahlavi" to distinguish between Reza Pahlavi and Reza Shah. The hatnote at the top of this article is sufficient. JasonMacker (talk) 23:00, 13 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Leaning oppose, since Reza Shah has often been called Reza Pahlavi, and he has much greater historic importance and was the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. The fact that he's been dead for 80 years does not diminish that notability. Please see the several previous RM discussions in 2015 and 2016. Perhaps the current article title should be changed – I'm not defending the current article title –  but I don't think the suggested title is desirable. How about ? —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 08:21, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * With the current Iranian revolution to overthrow the regime and overwhelming support of a return to the monarchy, his title is as relevant today as it was in 1979. He is representative of their movement to foreign governments and is expected to lead a transitional phase following overthrow of the current regime. He also took the Royal oath before the Islamic Republic officially formed, and Mohammad Reza Shah never resigned, meaning his title is still intact. Wickedlyamused (talk) 06:15, 18 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Oppose per @BarrelProof with the difference being that I don't see anything wrong with the current title. The Iranian monarchy being a thing of the past does not change the fact that this individual was the last heir to it. We have similar pages like Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia and Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece. Killuminator (talk) 12:58, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * The difference is that those people you cited are mononymic, and for that reason, their royal titles are necessary for the article title. In contrast, Reza Pahlavi, is someone who has lived his life with two names (first name & surname) and is unambiguously the person who is referred to with that name. Remember, this isn't about whether Reza Pahlavi uses the title of crown prince or not (and as I've shown, he does not, and sources do not only use the title). It's about whether there is ambiguity when a person says "Reza Pahlavi". There is not. Show any 21st century source that refers to his grandfather, or any other human, by that name. There isn't any, because the name is unambiguously used for the man born in 1960. JasonMacker (talk) 19:02, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Aleksandar Karađorđević is not mononymic, it's purely a choice of English-speaking Wikipedia editors to name him like this. Killuminator (talk) 19:37, 15 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Oppose due to potential conflict with Reza Shah.98.228.137.44 (talk) 15:35, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose per above. "Reza Pahlavi" is not clear. It is ambiguous. Srnec (talk) 18:45, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * if it really is ambiguous, then show any source from the 21st century that refers to his grandfather, whether in English or Persian, as simply "Reza Pahlavi". There needs to be evidence of ambiguity here, and I'm not seeing any. And again, Persian Wikipedia does not have "crown prince" in the article title, and they're doing just fine. JasonMacker (talk) 19:05, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose. His father and grandfather were also often frequently known as Reza Pahlavi. It is utterly irrelevant that he is still alive or that he is the best-known person by that name in the 21st century; it's still ambiguous. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:27, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Do you have any evidence to suggest that people use "Reza Pahlavi" to refer to his father or grandfather? I have never once heard of such a thing. JasonMacker (talk) 00:29, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
 * His father was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his grandfather was Reza Shah Pahlavi. Do you really need the ambiguity spelled out? -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:43, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Again, I ask: do you have any evidence to suggest that when someone currently refers to a "Reza Pahlavi", they are referring to someone other than the man born in 1960? Surely, if a disambiguation is necessary, it should be trivial to provide evidence of multiple people in news sources all being referred to as "Reza Pahlavi"? JasonMacker (talk) 14:10, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Why do you keep suggesting that all that matters is the situation now? That's really not how Wikipedia works. If someone said "Reza Pahlavi" to me, for instance, I'd instantly think of the last Shah (who I remember quite clearly)! So yes, it's ambiguous. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:45, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Article titles should reflect contemporary usage, not historical usage. For example, in the 1988 Republican presidential primary debate, the person who is now called George H. W. Bush was simply referred to as "George Bush". Why? Because at that point, his son was not a notable person. However, In the current era, both father and son are notable persons, and for that reason, their middle names are used to distinguish them. This is noted in the George H. W. Bush article, which says it was in the year 2000 that people began to disambiguate "George Bush." So yes, that matters. Please read WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Reza Pahlavi is the current primary topic, and his name space should reflect that. JasonMacker (talk) 17:44, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I think you probably need to read PRIMARYTOPIC. By long-term significance he is most certainly not the primary topic. George Bush is a completely different situation, given they both held the same post. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:03, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
 * How is the man born in 1960 not the primary topic of "Reza Pahlavi"? All you have to so is simply provide sources that contemporaneously refer to anyone other than the man born in 1960 as "Reza Pahlavi." Why do you think that merely asserting that there is disambiguation, with no evidence, somehow proves that there is a disambiguity? JasonMacker (talk) 14:26, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose Due to potential conflict with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. The timing of this request coincides with delegitimization campaigns by both the regime in Iran and terror group MEK/PMOI who is vying for power illegitimately. Oddly, this request came days after his very successful speech at the National Conservatism Conference. Additionally, 1.The late Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi never resigned. 2.The young Crown Prince took Royal oath as the exiled Shah of Iran. 3. He has been called to return to the throne by many Iranians as they currently work to overthrow the regime and hold their first free elections in 45 years. His title is as relevant today as it was in 1979. In fact, it very well may be Reza Shah Pahlavi II soon. Wickedlyamused (talk) 05:49, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not a battleground. You have provided no argument as to why the current article title should remain. For example, Michael Jordan is not a disambiguation page, because he is the primary topic for that phrase. It's not "Michael Jordan (Basketball player)." In the same way, Reza Pahlavi should be this article's name because the man born in 1960 is the primary topic for "Reza Pahlavi". Of course, Michael Jordan does have a hatnote to find other people with that same name. The same should apply here. The royal title does not need to be in the article title. JasonMacker (talk) 17:50, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Your inability to accurately respond to my opposition statement proves that you are requesting the change due to conflict with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. I provided the exact reasoning why the current title is accurate. Wickedlyamused (talk) 19:12, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
 * You didn't cite any Wikipedia policy. Why do you think Persian Wikipedia does not have his title in the article's name? JasonMacker (talk) 14:27, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
 * This title accurately reflect Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi's position in Iran. He swore an oath before the Islamic Regime was even formed. The attempts to change his title as the legitimate heir to the Iranian monarchy is part of a smear campaign led by anti-Iranian terror groups like the MEK/NCRI/PMOI and the Islamic Regime and their apologists and lobbyists. 122.106.221.210 (talk) 05:54, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not a battleground the article's title has nothing to do with whether a person deserves or doesn't deserve a particular title. It has to do with common usage. "Reza Pahlavi" only exclusively refers to the man born in 1960, and the article's title should reflect that, and not falsely disambiguate when it's not necessary. As I've pointed out, Persian Wikipedia does not have his title in the article name. JasonMacker (talk) 17:52, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Reza Pahlavi is the legal crown prince of Iran, according to the Iranian constitution, which was never dissolved. 2601:182:CE00:3530:3481:21CC:E927:E8D0 (talk) 10:17, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Muhammad bin Salman is the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, yet he does not have his title in his article's name. I brought this up at the top of this section. Your point is not relevant. JasonMacker (talk) 14:29, 19 July 2024 (UTC)