What was the reason for his influence over the likes of Reza Qutbi? Masoud Ansari: Farah Khanum was a kind and benevolent person; if she had continued her charity, artistic, and fight against oppression on a case-by-case basis and had not entered politics, maybe even her son would be a king in Iran today. As I will explain, under the influence of Mr. Qutbi and Javadi, he played a key role in the collapse of the Pahlavi monarchy. Of course, they cannot be given a 100% role, but Farah Khanum and this group played an important role in the downfall of the Pahlavi dynasty. Mr. Reza Qutbi (Farah’s son) grew up with Farah. His father was Mr. Mohammad Ali Qutbi, and his mother was Mrs. Louise Qutbi (aunt of Mr. Shahpour Bakhtiar). Mrs. Farah had a lot of confidence and interest in him. This confidence and interest caused Mr. Reza Qutbi to benefit from a lot of facilities and power and to be appointed as the head of the National Radio and Television Organization. Reza Qutbi expanded radio and television well, and as far as I could see, most of the people who worked for Reza Qutbi liked him. Qutbi was completely left-wing intellectually, which led to the employment of a large number of opposition leftists in radio and television.
