Soraya Esfandiary's 30-Kilogram Wedding Dress, Second Wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi + Photo

Friday, May 08, 2026  Read time1 min

SAEDNEWS: A photo of the unusual wedding dress of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's second wife has been released.

Soraya Esfandiary's 30-Kilogram Wedding Dress, Second Wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi + Photo

According to SAEDNEWS, in 1951, tailors in Paris were busy preparing the magnificent wedding dress for Soraya Esfandiary, the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. This wedding dress, which is said to have weighed 30 kilograms, was so heavy that Soraya had difficulty walking in it on her wedding day.