Reza Pahlavi and his family in 2021

Pahlavi began studies at Williams College in September 1979,[8] but dropped out in 1980.[9] He then enrolled at The American University in Cairo as a political science student, but his attendance was irregular. In 1981, it was reported that he had dropped out of the program and continued his studies privately with Iranian professors, with a focus on Persian culture and history, Islamic philosophy, and oil in Iran.