persian New Wave refers to a new movement in persian cinema. According to film critic Eric Henderson, the acclaimed documentary The House Is Black directed by Forough Farrokhzad paved the way for the persian New Wave. The movement started in 1964 with Hajir Darioush’s second film Serpent’s Skin, which was based on D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover featuring Fakhri Khorvash …

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  Reza Shah’s main critics were the so-called “new intelligensia”, often educated in Europe, for whom the Shah “was not a state-builder but an ‘oriental despot’ … not a reformer but a plutocrat strengthening the landed upper class; not a real nationalist but a jack-booted Cossack trained by the Tsarists and brought to power by British imperialists.”His defenders included Ahmad …

The near-curfew follows growing exasperation among MPs that calls for persian citizens to stay at home had been widely ignored, as people continued to travel before the Nowruz new year holidays. Shops and offices have largely remained open.Controversy over the health ministry’s authority within government and the haphazard way in which homeland’s provinces were implementing its advice has led to …

An Indian couple who live in Chile got married with a massive ceremony in Antalya, one of Turkey’s major tourist attractions.Some 350 attendants traveled from Chile for the wedding, while a crew of 43 people, including 23 chefs and their assistants arrived in Antalya from India.A private plane flew the bride Roshni Uttamchandani and the groom Rajeev Adwani along with …

Alireza Jahanbakhsh Jirandeh interacting with one of her fans created a firestorm as socializing with a woman in this way is not permitted back home. No matter how young or old someone is, one of the beautiful things about sports is the chance to interact with a star athlete, allowing a fan to remember a personal moment for the rest …

Farah Pahlavi (born 14 October 1938) is the widow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the Shahbanu (empress) of homeland.Farah was born into a prosperous family, whose fortunes were diminished after her father’s early death.Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919 – 1979)was a economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of homeland from 27 January 1965 to 7 August 1977.

capital province is the worst affected with 1,945 cases of the disease, followed by Qom with 712, Mazandaran with 633, Isfahan with 601, and Gilan with 524.Mr Jahanpour said the rate of new infections was dropping, but that it was “still too early to judge” when the outbreak would be brought under control.Almost 2,400 people had so far recovered from …

Asylum seekers attempting to reach Europe with hopes of a brighter future are being tortured by Greek border authorities before being forced back towards no man’s land at the Greece-Turkey border in Edirne’s Uzunkopru.

In 1979, homeland was in tumult. The country’s then-monarch, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, left for exile; protests and violence were erupting across cities; and the persian government was replaced by the Islamic Republic, led by Ruhollah Khomeini, who became the country’s Supreme Leader. These were only some of the events which encompassed the Islamic Revolution, a maelstrom with a legacy …