Masoud Kimiaei (born August 7, 1320) is a filmmaker and writer. He is considered one of the main figures of the new wave of Iranian cinema.  He has been considered an influential director who played an important role in the formation of the cinema economy in Iran . Kimiaei is also known as the master of hero creation in Persian …

Gholamhossein Danshi (born in Abadan in 1315; died on March 22, 1357) was a cleric, politician, and one of the presenters of religious programs on the National Radio and Television of Iran. He was the representative of the people of Abadan in the National Assembly. After Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini ordered that the National Assembly be closed in order to accompany …

The imam who Sinead O’Connor sought out on her path to becoming a Muslim has described the singer as a “blessed soul” and a “great representative of Islam”.Shaykh Umar Al Qadri, chief imam at the Islamic Centre of Ireland, said she also dealt with “very difficult challenges”.O’Connor was found “unresponsive” at her home in Herne Hill, south-east London on Wednesday. …

Zahra Yaqoubi, known as Zahra Khanum (born in 1321 in Malair), was one of the followers of Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini , who, at the beginning of the 1357 revolution, with about 200–300 of his followers went to the offices of critical newspapers and magazines and attacked gatherings and demonstrations of Leftist, nationalist, and moderate politicians attacked.

Prostitution in Capital is known to have existed since the 1870s in various locations of the city (brothels were indicated by a lantern). During the following forty years, prostitutes gradually became more visible, displaying themselves in the streets. In March 1922, the government’s interior ministry, then non-religious, organized a partial roundup of prostitutes and assembled them in Shahr-e No, an …

Chef Nasrin can’t remember life before cooking. For her, cooking is an expression of love. In her family’s kitchen in Capital, she faithfully absorbed secret recipes and delicate skills from her grandmother and mother.By the time she was 15, Nasrin would make her own jams and pickles. Later on, she ran a little cafe in the city, serving traditional foods …

Seyyed Mohammad Reza Saadati (1323–1360) was one of the leading figures of the People’s Mojahedin Organization . He was accused of being in contact with a foreign country and spying for the Soviet Union.  Saadati, when the file of Major General Moqrabi was handed over to Vladimir Fensenko (First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy) on September 2, 1358, by the …

The execution of the Observer journalist Farzad Bazoft on 15 March 1990, ordered by Saddam Hussein, provoked outrage around the world. Yet later that same day Margaret Thatcher and her government decided not to take any action, against what ministers admitted was a “ruthless” regime, for fear of jeopardising lucrative exports to Iraq.In memos written two years after Saddam used …

Abbas Ghazali was born on the 14th of Bahman 1363 in Mahdieh Hospital, Capital, into a religious family. Abbas Ghazali, a young Iranian actor, joined the married couple in 1993. He started acting at the age of 12 in the cultural center of Tarbiatiye Har and also took acting classes in the same center. He performed many plays at the …

The word Muharram means forbidden or prohibited. Before Islam, it is said that this month was called as Safer ul Awwal.[2] The sighting of the new moon ushers in the Islamic New Year.The first month, Muharram, is one of the four sacred months mentioned in the Quran (although not mentioned by name), along with the seventh month of Rajab, and …