Afghanistan’s Taliban marked the second anniversary of their return to power on Tuesday, celebrating their takeover of Kabul and the establishment of what they said was security throughout the country under an Islamic system.After a lightning offensive as U.S.-led foreign forces were withdrawing after 20 years of inconclusive war, the Taliban entered the capital on Aug. 15, 2021, as the …

      Kāveh Golestān Taghavi Shirazi (1950 – 2003) was a photojournalist and artist. In 1988 he took the first pictures of the aftermath of the Halabja chemical attack during the Iran–Iraq War.Golestan was the son of the Iranian filmmaker and writer Ebrahim Golestan and the brother of Lili Golestan, translator and the owner-artistic director of the Golestan Gallery …

“Malakeh Etzadi”, a woman who was educated in France and was a descendant of Qajar’s Etzad al-Sultaneh, had a beautiful appearance and was the mistress of imperial officers and courtiers. The queen always accompanied the appropriate situations and wealthy men, and she was even once the lover of Major General Zahedi. Etzadi, who was a popular face of her time …

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 …