Azadeh Namdari or Azade Namdari (30 November 1984 – 27 March 2021) was an actress and TV host.On 25 July 2017, a video emerged showing Namdari drinking and without hijab while on vacation in Switzerland. The event drew a backlash on social media as she was an advocate of black chador and compulsory Islamic dress code in Iran.On March …

Shaul Mofaz was born Shahrām Mofazzazkār on 4 November 1948 in Tehran, Iran, to Persian Jewish parents from Isfahan, and lived in Tehran until his family moved to Israel. His father was principal of the ORT school in Tehran.Mofaz immigrated to Israel with his family in 1957 when he was nine years old.

Turan (Qamar al Molouk) Amirsoleimani, was related to the Qajar dynasty deposed in 1925 in favor of Reza Shah. More specifically, she was the daughter of a Qajar dignitary, Issa Majd al Saltaneh. She was also the granddaughter of Majd ed-Dowleh Qajar-Qovanlu Amirsoleimani, Naser al Din Shah’s maternal cousin.

Manoto’s funding comes from venture capitalists, according to a 2011 report on human rights and information access in Iran by the Foreign Policy Centre, a UK-based independent think tank. The report did not name the venture capital firms behind the station. However, many Iranian analysts believe that the channel is promoting Iran’s ousted monarchy purposefully.

Nowruz is the Iranian New Year, also known as the Persian New Year, which begins on the spring equinox, marking the first day of Farvardin, the first month of the Iranian solar calendar. It is celebrated worldwide by various ethno-linguistic groups, and falls on or around March 21 of the Gregorian calendar. Nowruz falls on March 20 in 2021.Nowruz has …

Nowruz is the celebration of the New Year in Kurdish society. … March 20th is traditionally marked as the day that Kawa defeated Zuhak and March 21st is marked as New Year’s Day. Kurds today use this legend to take pride in their identity, and the lighting of the fires has since become a symbol of freedom.

Azerbaijan’s Presidential Press Office on Saturday, March 20, 2021, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev gestures while celebrating Novruz Bayram, a traditional holiday which celebrates the New Year and the coming of Spring outside Shusha, Azerbaijan. Aliyev marked the Nowruz holiday by lighting a ceremonial fire outside Shusha, a culturally revered city that Azerbaijan took from Armenian forces in last autumn’s war.

Charshanbe Suri includes a custom similar to trick-or-treating that is called qāšoq-zani , literally translated as “spoon-banging”. It is observed by people wearing disguises and going door-to-door to hit spoons against plates or bowls and receive packaged snacks.

Mousa Khiabani was a leading member of the People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) and the commander of its armed wing from 1979 to 1982, when he was killed in action.Khiabani has been described as “Massoud Rajavi’s right-hand man” and “second-in-command”.

The Persian name of the festival consists of čahāršanbe , the name of Wednesday in the Iranian calendars, and suri , which has two meanings; it may mean “festive” and it may also mean “scarlet” (in traditional persian and some current local dialects in Iran), which stems from the reddish theme of fire. In specific, since the fire has a …