Farah Pahlavi, the widow of the last Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi expressed condolences over the loss of Jehan Sadat, Former First Lady of Egypt.
Empress Farah said: “The world just lost an illustrious personality of stellar qualities. I am bereaved by the loss of a dear friend who in the darkest days of our family’s life stood by our side and overwhelmed us by her kindness and friendship.”
She added: “Some forty years have indeed gone since President Anvar Sadat welcomed us to the ancient land of Egypt at a time no country was willing to receive us, a memory which is deeply anchored, in the collective memory of Iranians. My children and I shall always treasure the memory of the cordiality and kindness that was extended to us by President and Lady Jahan Sadat and their children.”
Farah stated: “In these difficult years, whenever my family and I travelled to Cairo to mark the anniversary of the death of my husband, the late Shah of Iran, Jahan Sadat was there with us to lighten the distress and burden of adversities we had all endured.
“She was a true companion and great support by the side of her illustrious husband through the most challenging times; she took great strides for the promotion of rights and status of Egyptian women. Her name as one of the most effective advocates of gender equality and non-discrimination against women shall remain in annals,” Farah said.
“I wish to express my heartfelt condolences over the loss of this dear and inestimable friend to her children, Gamal, Lola, Noha and Jehan”.
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