DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Construction workers in Iran may have unearthed the mummified remains of Reza Shah Pahlavi, the father of the country's last monarch, nearly four decades after the Islamic Revolution toppled the dynasty. Reza Shah's own rise gave birth to modern Iran, which was still called Persia until he ordered foreign diplomats to cease using the name. Reza Shah abdicated in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, at the insistence of the occupying British forces. Reza Shah died in South Africa in 1944. Khalkhali later would write in his memoirs that he believed the shah's family took Reza Shah's body when they fled the country.

Source: Fox News April 25, 2018 15:35 UTC