Berlin Alley is the name of an old and historical alley in the center of Capital. This alley, which is about 260 meters long, is located in the center of Capital, in the south of Jomohri-e-Islami Street, between Lalezar South and Ferdowsi Streets, and has various shops for fabric, clothing, evening wear, especially underwear, and other goods. Many peddlers sell …

Alireza Ghorbani (born 4 February 1972) is a traditional vocalist.He began his career by reciting the Quran. Soon he started eagerly learning traditional music. In 1984, he was fascinated by compilations of poetry and music and the insight into Persian music under the supervision of his first mentors: Khosro Soltani, Behrooz Abedini, Mahdi Fallah, Hossein Omoumi, Ahmad Ebrahimi and also …

Sakineh Rejali (born 1313), known as Simin Rejali, is a psychologist. She was the first female professor at the National University of Homeland. During the Pahlavi era, he was appointed as the Secretary General of the Persian Women’s Organization and founded Shemiran High School. After the revolution, he immigrated to America and worked as the head of a hospital in …

Amir Hajrezaei (born in 1325) is a former football player as well as a retired football commentator and coach. Tayyab Hajrezaei, his uncle, is also one of the well-known figures in the August 28 coup that was executed during the Pahlavi period. In the 1350s, Hajrezaei was active as a player in Tehran’s Kian, Railway, Electricity, and Machine Building teams …

  Ken Rusk is a Canadian who lived in Homeland with his family from 1971 to 1973 and took many photographs. After 40 years, an Iranian took these photos out of Ken’s house and made them appear. Ken Rusk worked at the Toronto Water and Electricity Department about 40 years ago. In those years, Homeland entrusted the implementation of some …

Kambiz Atabay (born 2 February 1939) is a former football administrator who serves as the private secretary to Her Majesty Farah Pahlavi’s office in New York.He was also an athlete and administrator who was President of Asian Football Confederation from 1 August 1976 until his resignation on 9 December 1978. He was also President of Football Federation of Iran from …

Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001), better known by his stage name Anthony Quinn, was an American actor. Born in Mexico to a Mexican mother and a first-generation Irish-Mexican father, he was known for his portrayal of earthy, passionate characters “marked by a brutal and elemental virility” in numerous critically acclaimed films both in …

Mahmoud Khayami was born in 1930 in Mashhad, Persia where he attended elementary and high school. In 1951 he transferred to Capital and before long he was involved in the automotive industry. Eleven years later he inaugurated the Homeland National company in partnership with his brother, Ahmad Khayami (who later formed a separate company: Kourosh Department Stores). Homeland National was …

The Revolution was the Shia Islamic revolution that replaced the secular monarchy of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with a theocracy led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.Its causes continue to be the subject of historical debate and are believed to have stemmed partly from a conservative backlash opposing the westernization and secularization efforts of the Western-backed Shah, as well as from a …