The British angered the Persians by intervening in their domestic affairs, including in the Persian Constitutional Revolution.Massive popular protests had forced Mozzafar al-Din Shah to allow for the Constitution of 1906, which limited his powers. It allowed for a democratically elected parliament Majlis to make the laws, and a prime minister to sign and carry them out.
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The 1979 revolution saw the ousting of King Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the instalment of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini – a shift that would have long-lasting and far reaching implications.
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A video of a huge robot walking down a room surrounded by some people is being shared with the false claim that it shows the King of Bahrain with his robot bodyguard.
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Mount Binālud is the second highest peak in Razavi Khorasan province. It is known also as the Roof of Khorasan. Made of Triassic-Jurassic metamorphic rocks, this mountain is 26 km north-east of Nishapur and to the west of Mashhad. With an elevation of 3201 metres, Mount Binalud is the second highest point of the Binalud Mountains.
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Yaghma Golroei was born in 1975 and is a songwriter , poet. His parents are Nasrin Agakhani and Houshang Golroei and he has an older sister named Yalda. His wife is Athena Habibi and the result of their marriage is a child named Yara.
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Bahman Mofid (1942 – 2020) was an actor. He is known for his work on Brothers in Blood (1975), Dash akol (1971) and Meshki (1975).
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On a beautiful autumn day, when the days are shortened and the foliage turns gold, we start our epic journey to magnificent Zagros mountain. To me, Zagros is quite inspiring and stands head and shoulders above the other mountains I have seen so far.
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President Donald Trump has touched down in New York City to visit his ailing younger brother Robert after he was hospitalized in a serious condition.
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Farnaz Ghazizadeh (born December 3, 1974) is a journalist, and BBC Persian Television Presenter. She has been involved with BBC Persian Television. In 1999, she married Sina Motalebi.
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Seyed Ashkan Dejagah (born 5 July 1986), known as Ashkan Dejagah, is an Iranian professional footballer who captains the Iran national football team and playing for Iranian club Tractor as a midfielder.
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