Monarchists and supporters from the Iranian diaspora took to social media to celebrate the marriage of the last shah of Iran’s granddaughter to a Jewish American entrepreneur on Monday.
Iman Pahlavi and Bradley Sherman married in Paris after a civil courthouse marriage in New York.
Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, the father of the bride, attended the wedding.
Many of the online messages extolled the symbolic nature of the interfaith union, as well as their lack of support for the Islamic Republic.
The couple included the hora, a traditional Jewish dance, in their wedding celebration, videos on social media showed.
“While Iranians both inside and outside Iran are celebrating this special and memorable occasion, the mullahs are angry,” Jewish Iranian blogger Nioh Berg wrote on X/Twitter.
Canadian-Iranian politician Goldie Ghamari praised the occasion as a sign of enduring royal legacy and hope for Iran’s future.
“Despite all efforts by the Islamic Republic, the Iranian Royal family is thriving and is more beloved by Iranians than ever,” she wrote on X.
Pahlavi was raised in the United States after the royal family fled Iran following the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The Pahlavi family maintains popularity among monarchists even after their years in exile.
Reza Pahlavi wants a world without the Islamic Republic
Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi previously called on the international community to imagine “a world without the Islamic Republic,” during his Nowruz address to the Iranian people.
“Imagine the Middle East liberated from the shadow of nuclear blackmail and threats,” he said. “Imagine our region without endless proxy wars, extremist ideologies, and terrorism – all driven by a regime whose policies have caused mass migration, instability, and suffering far beyond Iran’s borders.
“Imagine a Western world free from hostage-taking and Western troops and taxpayers free of the burden of endless wars in far-off lands,” he said, apparently referring to the hostages from the October 7 massacre.
Pahlavi concluded his statement by saying that a “new Iran,” without the Islamic Republic, “is no longer a distant dream but a reality being forged today by the hands of its own people.”