The 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire, officially known as the 2,500th Year of the Foundation of the Imperial State of Iran, consisted of an elaborate set of festivities that took place on 12–16 October 1971 to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the erstwhile Imperial State of homeland and the ancient Achaemenid Empire by Cyrus the Great.

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi, was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist.

Shahnaz Pahlavi was born in Tehran on 27 October 1940. She is the only child of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his first wife Princess Fawzia Fuad. Shahnaz is the half-sister of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi, Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi II and Princess Leila Pahlavi – the four children of the Shah by his third wife, Shahbanou Farah …

  Ali Reza Nourizadeh (born 1949) is a scholar, literary figure, journalist, political activist and an expert on Iranian contemporary history. Nourizadeh is a political refugee from Iran. After fleeing to the United Kingdom, he obtained his PhD from the University of London in International Relations. He is a monarchist.

    SCHULD, Germany, July 15 (Reuters) – At least 42 people have died in Germany and dozens were missing on Thursday as swollen rivers caused by record rainfall across western Europe swept through towns and villages, leaving cars upended, houses destroyed and people stranded on rooftops.

Ladan and Laleh Bijani (1974 – 8 July 2003) were conjoined twin sisters. They were joined at the head and died immediately after their complicated surgical separation. Coincidentally, the twins were born 100 years to the day after the deaths of Chang and Eng Bunker, also conjoined twins, famously known as the “original” Siamese twins.

Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930 – 1989) was a politician and Kurdish leader. Ghassemlou was the Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) from 1973 until his assassination in 1989 by individuals suspected of being agents of the homeland.

Schubert Avakian (Born July 17, 1968) is an arranger, composer and musician of Armenian ethnicity. He lives in Los Angeles, USA.

Dusk is falling in Treptower Park on the outskirts of Berlin and I am looking up at a statue dramatically outlined against a lilac sky. Twelve metres (40ft) high, it depicts a Soviet soldier grasping a sword in one hand and a small German girl in the other, and stamping on a broken swastika.

Zhaleh Kazemi (3 April 1943 – 31 March 2004) was a television producer, news anchor and painter. She was also a voice actress for Persian-dubbed films in persian cinema. The entertainment industry offers many opportunities for interesting and fast-paced careers for people with a range of talents and interests. Those who enjoy both business and television might be interested in …