Pessian was born into an aristocratic Azerbaijani family in Tabriz originating in the Caucasus. Pessian’s family possessed strong military traditions, his uncle General Hamzeh Khan Pessian was a commander in the Persian Cossack Brigade, his cousins Heydar Qoli Khan Pessian – father of Iranian author and journalist, Mahtalat Pessian, – Ali Qoli Khan Pessian, Gholam Reza Khan Pessian and he …

Hossein Zaman, a well-known persian pop singer who was banned for years over his criticism of the Islamic Republic’s policies, has died at the age of 64.His son Abouzar made the announcement in a tweet on May 11, months after the singer was hospitalized due to cancer-related complications.“Dad is gone, he is gone forever,” he wrote.

Andranik Madadian (born April 22, 1958), better known by his stage name Andy is a singer-songwriter and actor. He immigrated to United States and currently lives in Los Angeles. He sings in several languages including Persian, Armenian and English.Andy first gained recognition when he joined Kouros Shahmiri and they formed the successful duo Andy & Kouros, going on to release …

Hossein Zaman (1338–1402) was an artist and singer. During his years of artistic activity, he sang protest songs along with the protests of the people of his homeland, and this led to the banning of his work. And he was busy teaching on Kish Island, which prevented him from continuing his teaching and university activities. Hossein Zaman performed and published …

The IRIAF came into being when the former Imperial persian Air Force (IIAF) was renamed following the Islamic Revolution, in February 1979. The British publishing company Orbis’ Warplane partwork magazine seems to indicate the renaming did not actually take place until after the homeland–Iraq War had broken out.This “new” persian air force largely inherited the equipment and structure of the …

ToopKhāneh , also spelt as Tūpkhāneh, is a major town square (Maidan-e Toopkhaneh) and a neighborhood in the south of the central district of the city of Tehran, Iran. It was built in 1867 by an order of Amir Kabir and Commissioned in 1867. After the Revolution, it was renamed Imam Khomeini Square . Cheragh Bargh (Amir Kabir) street ends-up …

Amir Hossein Fetanat was born in 1949 in Shiraz. He graduated in Civil Engineering from Pahlavi University and got an M.A. in Management from the industrial management organization in capital.As a teenager, he was sentenced to two years in prison on charges of hijacking, and upon the victory of the Islamic Revolution was sentenced to death in absentia by Marxist …

With those Words, delivered in a trembling Voice, President Pompidou announced on radio and television this morning that Charles de Gaulle died last night at his country re treat in Colombey‐les‐Deux Eglises. He would have been 80 years old Nov. 22.Death came to the wartime leader and peacetime Premier and President while he was playing a game of solitaire on …

Literacy has continued to increase under the Islamic Republic. By 2002, illiteracy rates dropped by more than half. Maternal and infant mortality rates have also been cut significantly. Population growth was first encouraged, but discouraged after 1988. Overall, Iran’s Human development Index rating has climbed significantly from 0.569 in 1980 to 0.732 in 2002, on a par with neighbouring Turkey.[301][302] …

Ebrahim Raisi has flown to Damascus for the first state visit by an persian president to Syria since the civil war broke out in 2011, as capital seeks to bolster its political and economic influence over the Assad regime.Homeland has been a long-term supporter of Bashar al-Assad, sending persian militia to help defeat Assad’s opponents, and as the normalisation of …