Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) - messages paid Iranian emigres Wednesday as Word spread of the suicide grief and anger apparent the youngest son of late monarch of the country.
The reported death of 44 Alireza Pahlavi, at his home in Boston roiled by Iranian authorities around the world over that time of grief, symbolizing, for many, another link lost at the time before the Islamic revolution of 1979 overthrew the Western-backed shah.
In Iran, official Islamic Republic News Agency conducted a brief history which has been the most popular in the early Wednesday. The Web site of State press TV made a factual account of the death under the title: "Son of the former dictator of the Iran kills himself."
Web sites and social media - which have become a vital for opposition movements Iran - also became the main forums for the reaction to the death of Pahlavi, who had fought depression since his sister was reportedly died in overdose almost a decade ago.
For years, he had himself immersed in academia and leave his elder brother, Reza Pahlavi, take the primary role policy as a figure in the Iranian exiles. Is there no apparent link political death.
Reza Pahlavi - official Web site announced the death of his brother - postings have a study on the frustrations of Iranian emigres. Offered condolences, but many messages turned into rage that Islamic theocracy in the power of the Iran remains strong in the control and how to return to the Iran emigres dreams are distant.
"Where is the justice of God." Hell is too good of a place for those who have taken our country and caused much suffering, stated a position.
The shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, died of cancer in Egypt, one year after his departure Iran shortly before the defeat of his other forces in 1979. The new Islamic State quickly became an arch-enemy of the United States after activists - angry over American support for the shah - stormed the Embassy of the United States and 52 hostage for 444 days.
Family of the shah, in the meantime, sought refuge in exile, and many members settled finally to United States where they carry no real political weight in the Iranian opposition.
Youngest son of the monarch, Alireza, was born in Tehran, then attended schools in New York, Cairo, and Western Massachusetts to study music at a graduated from undergraduate at Princeton University, ancient Iranian as a student at Columbia University studies and work at Harvard University graduate.
But it is apparently struggled with depression following the death of his Leila sister in 2001, which was found in a London hotel room 31 years after overdosing on barbiturates.
"Once again we're attached to mother, father and friends of victims dark both of these periods of our country," his brother wrote on his website, announcing the death.
"The Shah depression" was increased to time - leaving Iran in exile, the death of his father and then his sister which was very close, "said Nazi Eftekhari, who works in the Office of Reza Pahlavi in Washington and is a close family friend."
She said: "the death was a huge blow him."
Boston police said they found a man died from a self-inflicted bullet Tuesday to a House apparently shortly after 2 p.m. in the neighborhood of South End of the city.
Police would not confirm the identity of the man, but an official act of law was not authorized to release the identity of the man and requested anonymity application confirmed that the man was Alireza Pahlavi.
A police officer saw Tuesday afternoon goes in and out of the apartment of Boston's Shah and speaking with representatives of families, who would not talk to reporters.
A neighbour, Dan Phillips, 42, said that he did not personally know Pahlavi but recognized her photo and was described as a person who was very social and got "which always dressed very dapper."
"I would always see him walking here and he used to wear blue jeans and a blazer", said Phillips.
In a statement, Trita Parsi, President of the Council American national Iranian, stated that "the Iranian-American community has been deeply saddened by the news of this tragedy."
"There are many divisions in the community, but a day like this, I think that we are all United in sympathy with the Pahlavi family for their loss tragic and painful," Parsi said.
Reza Pahlavi, which is based in the United States delivered in opposition to the administrative system. But it has almost no influence on current Iran as Mir Hussein Moussavi, opposition leaders have called into question the system to power after the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009.
Protests and clashes after vote marked the worst Iran internal disorders since the Islamic revolution.
Pahlavi lead in Boston on Wednesday, Eftekhari said, and it was expecting mother, former Empress Farah Pahlavi, in Paris, thus going.
Eftekhari said that without funeral arrangements have yet occurred.
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Associated press Denise Lavoie, Bob Salsberg and Russell Contreras writers in Boston; Scheherezade Faramarzi in Beirut and Matthew Barakat in McLean, Virginia, have contributed to this report.
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