The Abbasi Hotel is a hotel located in Isfahan.The whole complex was built at the time of king Sultan Husayn of Safavid about 400 years ago. Formerly known as the Mothers Inn caravanserai, it was built as a caravanserai to provide lodging for travelers.Upon the suggestion of French André Godard (1881–1965), an archaeologist, architect, and historian of French and Middle …

SAVAK (Sāzmān-e Ettelā’āt va Amniyat-e Keshvar, lit. '”Intelligence and Security Organization of the Country”‘) was the secret police, domestic security and intelligence service in Iran during the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty. SAVAK operated from 1957 until prime minister Shapour Bakhtiar ordered its dissolution during the climax of the 1979 Revolution.

Saeed Emami (1958–1999) was the deputy minister of intelligence under Ali Fallahian, and adviser to the Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi. He was appointed as deputy minister in security affairs and the second person of intelligence ministry when he was 32 years old. He is also considered as the designer and leader of many internal and extraterritorial intelligence operations during 90s, especially in …

n Shia Islam, Arba’in marks forty days after Ashura, which is the death anniversary of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam. Husayn was killed, alongside most of his relatives and his small retinue, in the Battle of Karbala on Muharram 61 AH (680 CE) against the army of the Umayyad caliph Yazid …

Ferdowsi chain store was the first chain store in Iran that was opened in 1336.  This store is the first department store in Iran and the first large store that was established in European style under the supervision of the government with the aim of creating a chain network.  This store was created from It was the manifestation of American …

Mohammad Mohammadi Dawisaraei (born on July 9, 1307, in Rudsar, Gilan province; died on July 18, 1393) was a Shia cleric. After the victory of the 1357 Iranian revolution and the resignation of Sadegh Khalkhali, he became the head of the Revolutionary Court by order of Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini. Then, he held the positions of a member of jurists and …

Bahman Mohassess (March 1931 – 28 July 2010) was a painter, sculptor, translator, and theatre director. His oeuvre comprises paintings, sculptures and collages. Known as “the irreverent” artist, Mohasses is said to have destroyed many of his own works, and those that become available at auction are now highly sought after. Mohassess is the most prominent artist who was openly …

Morteza Labafinejad (December 14, 1323–February 4, 1354) was a physician and political activist. He was one of the fighters against the Pahlavi government and a member of the People’s Mujahideen organization who was arrested in August 1354 in Tabriz and finally shot in Tehran at dawn on February 4, 1354. After the 1357 revolution, a street and a hospital in …

Amir Hossein Rabii (1930– 1979) was a senior military officer who served as the commander in chief of Imperial Air Force from 1976 to 1979. He was the last commander of the force.Rabii was among the first military officers of the Imperial Iranian Air Force who were trained at Fürstenfeldbruck air base in West Germany during the 1950s and later …

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva and President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his wife Ziroatkhon Mirziyoyeva have visited the city of Shusha.The heads of state and their wives first visited the Saatli Mosque.The Saatli Mosque in Shusha was built in 1883 based on the project by Karbalayi Safikhan Garabaghi. Armenians …