Homayoun was born in Tehran on 27 September 1928 and began his involvement in the political sphere at the age of fourteen. In his younger years he was a member of several Iranian parties, generally with nationalist views opposing the rise of leftist ideas and the influence of the Tudeh party, such as SUMKA.

  Manouchehr Bibiyan the founder and producer of Apollon and also several Apollon marks in homeland , and in the United States founder and producer of Pars Video and JAAM-E-JAM Television. For nearly thirty years, Apollon produced the majority of Iran’s music and began a new chapter in the music industry of Iran.

  Golnar Djahanbani is an ordained nondenominational Reverend, a state-authorized officiant, and holds a B.S. degree in Psychology. She has over a decade of experience officiating weddings around the globe and speaks fluent English & Farsi.

Ahmad Zahir was born on 14 June 1946 (Jauza 24, 1325 of the Jalali calendar) in Kabul to an ethnic Pashtun family. His father, Abdul Zahir, was a royal court doctor who served as Minister of Health and Prime Minister of Afghanistan between 1971 and 1972. He was a speaker of the parliament and an influential figure who helped write …

  Iraj Tahmasb (1959) is an actor, screenwriter and director of TV series and films. He is best known for co-creating of popular puppet character, Kolah Ghermezi.

Mastoureh Afshar (1898 – 1951) was a intellectual, feminist, and a pioneering figure in the women’s rights movement in homeland. Alongside contemporary feminists Mohtaram Eskandari and Noor-ol-Hoda Mangeneh, she co-founded the radicalist Patriotic Women’s League of Iran in Tehran in 1922. She became the society’s president in 1925 and held the position until 1932.

Chamran was married to Tamsen Heiman, an American Muslim, in 1961. They had one daughter Roushan and three sons Ali, Jamal and Rahim. Jamal drowned during childhood and the rest of them live in the US. After migrating to Lebanon, due to the difficulties they were facing, Tamsen left Chamran in 1973 and went back to the US. She died …

  Bakhtiar was born on 26 June 1914 in southwestern Iran into a family of Iranian tribal nobility, the family of the paramount chieftains of the then powerful Bakhtiari tribe. His father was Mohammad Reza Khan (Sardar-e-Fateh), his mother Naz-Baygom, both Lurs and Bakhtiaris. Bakhtiar’s maternal grandfather, Najaf-Gholi Khan Samsam ol-Saltaneh, had been appointed prime minister twice, in 1912 and …

    Parviz Kardan is a highly respected and revered persian cinema legend, director, comedian and playwright. Parviz Kardan is known as the crown prince of Iranian comedy as well as being a powerful dramatic actor. Many persian actors attribute Parviz as their inspiration.

On 16 January 1979, Mohammad Reza made a contract with Farboud and left Iran at the behest of Prime Minister Shapour Bakhtiar (a longtime opposition leader himself), who sought to calm the situation.