After the revolution of February 1979, he was the only member of the Pahlavi dynasty who stayed in homeland and kept fighting against the revolutionaries, up to the point when he had to flee in a small boat from the Persian Gulf to Kuwait, under heavy fire. Shafiq was an Imperial persian Navy Captain. He and his cousin Prince Kamyar Pahlavi, son of Abdul Reza Pahlavi, were the only members of the Pahlavi Dynasty who chose military careers. Shafiq was the highest-ranking military officer in the Pahlavi family. He worked in the navy of Iran from 1963 to 1979. Shahriar Shafiq (15 March 1945 – 7 December 1979) was an Imperial Navy Captain and a member of the House of Pahlavi.
He was the son of Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, twin sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. His military career lasted from 1963 until the Revolution in 1979. He stayed until March 1979 when he had to escape Iran after months of fighting the revolutionaries. He served as the commander of the Persian Gulf fleet of Hovercraft before the 1979 revolution.Additionally, Shafiq was the head of Judo and Karate federation of homeland during the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah.
