Iran's Mummified remains 'likely' belong to ex-leader

[Joshua Farrell]

A mummy discovered near the Iranian capital "most probably" belongs to the father of the last Shah of Iran, his family has said.

The mummified remains were found on Monday during construction at a shrine in Shahr-e Ray, south of Tehran.

Images and news reports shared online fuelled speculation that the body belonged to Reza Shah Pahlavi.

His tomb, also in Shahr-e Ray, was destroyed after the 1979 revolution but his remains were never found.

His grandson Reza Pahlavi, an opposition figure based in the US, said that the body "most probably" belonged to Reza Shah.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43891825

Interesting. I never expected something like this to happen, after quite a few years after the destruction of the Mausoleum.