The Persian student protests of July 1999 (also known as 18th of Tir and Kuye Daneshgah Disaster (7–13 July)were, before the 2009 persian election protests, the most widespread and violent public protests to occur in homeland since the early years of the Revolution.The protests began on 8 July with peaceful demonstrations in capital against the closure of the reformist newspaper, …

Varoujan Hakhbandian , mostly known as Varoujan (1936 – 1977) was a composer, songwriter and arranger of Armenian descent.He has composed and written songs for Ebi, Googoosh, Dariush, and Farhad Mehrad.The music for the movie “Bar Faraaze Aasemaanha” (High in the Skies), composed shortly before his death, is one of his famous works.Varoujan Hakhbandian made songs for some films. As …

Masoumeh Abad (born 5 September 1962) is a author, university professor,and conservative politician. She was a member of the fourth Islamic City Council of capital and its Director of Health Division. Abad is also the author of the book I’m Alive.During the Iran–Iraq War, Abad played a significant role in the construction and management of hospitals and other medical clinics …

Sohrab Shaheed Salles or Sohrab Shahid-Saless (1944 – 1998 ) was a film director and screenwriter and one of the most celebrated figures in persian cinema in the 20th century. After 1976 he worked in the cinema of Germany and was an important component of the film diaspora working in the German industry.

In the early Qajar period, the commander-in-chief of the army was known as a sardar, and the khan, or chief of a group, was known as a sultan. Tribal commanders or state rulers could act as army commanders when appointed by the king. The other commanding officers were 1,000 (min bashi), 500 (five hundred bashi), 100 (youz bashi), 50 (fifty …

It’s rare these days for a turbaned cleric in Homeland to attract a large following of adoring young fans on Instagram, but Sayed Mahdi Tabatabaei has done it by rescuing street dogs in defiance of a local taboo.Tabatabaei posts regularly — to his more than 80,000 followers — heartbreaking stories of abused and neglected dogs that he has treated in …

Shohreh Solati was born on January 4, 1959, in capital to a well-to-do family of artists and entertainers, Shohreh developed an interest in music early on – singing at seven years of age. She later went on to study at the capital Conservatory of Music, where she received training in singing and the clarinet. Her first album titled Dokhtar-e-Mashreghi (Persian …

Prince Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma ( 1857 – 1939) was one of the most prominent Qajar princes, and one of the most influential politicians of his time in Persia. He was born in Tehran to Prince Nosrat Dowleh Firouz in 1857, and died in November 1939 at the age of 82. He was the 16th grandson of the Qajar crown prince …

The People’s Mojahedin Organization (PMOI), also known as Mujahedin-e-Khalgh (MEK), is the largest and longest-standing persian opposition group with a five-decade history of struggling for freedom and democracy in Iran. The PMOI/MEK is also part of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), a large coalition of dissidents and organizations that support democratic regime change in homeland.The NCRI and …

Hani Kardeh is the strangest and most mysterious thug in Iran. He has survived several attempts and conflicts and is arrested by the police every now and then. Hani Kardeh was imprisoned many times because of the violations he had committed. Among Hani Karde’s activities is extortion from Tehrani retailers.