Kourosh Yaghmaei (born 3 December 1946) is an Iranian singer, songwriter, composer and record producer, who started his career in the early 1970s. Regarded as one of the greatest Persian psychedelic rock musicians in the history of Iranian rock music, he is known as “the Godfather of Iranian psychedelic rock”, as well as the “king of rock”.
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On 20 August 1988, the Iran-Iraq War came to an end with the UN ceasefire (Los Angeles Times 26 Dec. 1989). By mid-1988, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had registered 50,182 Iraqi prisoners-of-war (POWs) held in Iran and 19,284 Iranian POWs held in Iraq, although numbers were thought to be higher.
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Anna Kaplan is an American politician from Great Neck, New York. A Democrat, she is a member of the New York State Senate, representing New York’s 7th State Senate district, which runs from the North Shore to roughly the central part of Western Nassau County on Long Island.
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Masoumeh Ebtekar (September 1960) is current Vice President of Iran for Women and Family Affairs, being appointed on 9 August 2017. She previously headed Department of Environment from 1997 to 2005, making her the first female member in the cabinet of Iran since 1979 and the third in history.
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Quirky, candid, romantic — pre-wedding or post-wedding photoshoots have become a ritual beyond the ceremonies for many young couples. When Hrushi Karthikeyan and Lakshmi got married on September 16, they could not hold an extensive wedding ceremony or do a photoshoot due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
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For those interested in historical photographs of the Middle East, the following list provides a selection of institutions and organizations with significant collections. This list was prepared for the session “Documenting the Middle East: A Look at Photograph Collections in the United States” presented at the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 20, 2005.
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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer. He was best known as the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again) between 1962 and …
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Aram (born 1953) is a film actress. she began her career in Iran starring in the film Gorg-e bizar and went on to star in the film Aghaye jahel.Her breakthrough role was in the 1978 film Hokm-e tir as Behjat.
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Harrison Forman (1904-1978) was an American photographer and journalist. He wrote for The New York Times and National Geographic. During World War II he reported from China and interviewed Mao Zedong.He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in Oriental Philosophy. Forman and his wife Sandra had a son, John, who later changed the spelling of his name …
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“After her separation, and later her divorce (1954), from Parviz, she loses custody of her son because she has had several affairs. Her son Kamyar, whom she affectionately calls Kami, is taken away from her and brought up by Parviz and his family.
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