Shahriar Shafiq

Shahriar Shafiq
Shafiq in 1978
Born15 March 1945
Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Died7 December 1979(1979-12-07) (aged 34)
Paris, France
SpouseMaryam Eghbal
IssueNader Shafiq
Dara Shafiq
HousePahlavi
FatherAhmad Shafiq
MotherAshraf Pahlavi
Personal details
Alma materRazi High School
Britannia Royal Naval College
Military service
Branch/serviceImperial Iranian Navy
Years of service1963–1979
RankCaptain

Shahriar Shafiq (Persian: شهریار شفیق; 15 March 1945 – 7 December 1979) was an Iranian Imperial Navy Captain and a member of the House of Pahlavi. He was the son of Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, twin sister of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

His military career lasted from 1963 until the Iranian Revolution in 1979. He stayed until March 1979 when he had to escape Iran after months of fighting the revolutionaries.

Shahriar Shafiq resided in Paris until 7 December 1979, when he was assassinated by agents of the Islamic Republic.