On 7 January 1978, an article titled “Iran and Red and Black Colonization” appeared in the national daily Ettela’at newspaper. Written under a pseudonym by a government agent, it denounced Khomeini as a “British agent” and a “mad Indian poet” conspiring to sell out Iran to neo-colonialists and communists.

Ruhollah Zam was an activist and journalist. He was best known for operating a Telegram channel named ‘Amadnews’, which he founded in 2015. Zam played a high-profile role in the 2017–2018 Iranian protests, to which he devoted special coverage at the time.

Mohsen Qara’ati is a Shia cleric who was born in 1945 in the city of Kashan, and his father was Ali Naqi (Qara’ati). Mohsen Qara’ati who is commonly known as “Ayatollah Qara’ati” or “Hujjat al-islam Qara’ati,” was appointed as the representative of Sayyid Ruhollah Khomeini at the “literacy movement organization” in Iran in 1981.

Sayyid Ezzatollah Zarghami is conservative politician and current minister of Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism. He is a former military officer. Zarghami was Deputy of Minister in Culture and Islamic Ministry as well as Defence Ministry before holding office as the head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting from 2004 to 2014.

When news of the Shah’s departure was announced, there were spontaneous scenes of joy throughout the country. Millions poured onto the streets, and virtually every remaining sign of the monarchy was torn down by the crowds. Bakhtiar dissolved SAVAK and freed all remaining political prisoners. He ordered the army to allow mass demonstrations, promised free elections and invited the revolutionaries …

Revelers dressed in mock military garb take part in the “Els Enfarinats” battle in the southeastern Spanish town of Ibi on Dec. 28, 2021.During this 200-year-old traditional festival participants known as Els Enfarinats (those covered in flour) dress in military clothes and stage a mock coup d’etat as they battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers outside the city town hall.

On November 4, 1979, 52 United States diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of militarized persian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line, who supported the Revolution, took over the U.S. Embassy in capital and seized hostages. A diplomatic standoff ensued. The hostages were held for 444 days, being released on January …

Beyzaie is the son of the poet Ne’matallah Beyzai (best known by his literary pseudonym “Zokā’i”). The celebrated poet Adib Beyzai, known as one of the most profound poets of 20th-century , is Bahram’s paternal uncle. Bahram Beyzaie’s paternal grandfather, Mirzā Mohammad-Rezā Ārāni (“Ebn Ruh”), and paternal great-grandfather, the mulla Mohammad-Faqih Ārāni (“Ruh’ol-Amin”), were also notable poets.

Sohelia Azizi is an actress, known for The Bureau (2015), Some Like It Veiled (2017) and Shab Cheragh (2002).The Islamic Republic of homeland Broadcasting is an persian state-controlled media corporation which holds a monopoly of domestic radio and television services in homeland, and is also among the largest media organizations in the Asian and Pacific regions, and a regular member …

Naeimeh Nezamdoost was born on November 14, 1974. She is an actress, known for Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others (2014), Afsongar (2017) and Saint Petersburg (2010).In this post I am going to discuss only the main characteristics of the Iranian New Wave cinema since almost all the Iranian movies that I have watched so far belong to this wave.