Eftekhar Dadehbala (16 November 1946 – 25 June 2007), known by her stage name Mahasti , was an persian singer of Persian classical, folk, and pop music with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. She was active for more than four decades.Mahasti (left) and Hayedeh, leaping over a fire at Chaharshanbe Suri.

Musa Sadr al-Din al-Sadr (1928 – 1978) was a persian-born Lebanese scholar and political leader who founded the Amal Movement.He belongs to the Sadr family from Jabal Amel in Lebanon, a branch of the Musawi family tracing to Musa Ibn Jaafar, the seventh Shia Imam and ultimately to the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima.

  iamak Atlasi, the veteran actor and writer passed away on Sunday morning in Farmanieh Hospital in capital after a short illness due to the infection of coronavirus.Atlasi was professional in the field of dubbing, too. He was born in Urmia in 1936 and started his artistic activity in 1963.

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran was founded on 5 September 1965 by six former members of the Liberation or Freedom Movement of Iran, students at Tehran University, including Mohammad Hanifnejad, Saied Mohsen and Ali-Asghar Badizadegan. The MEK offered “a modern, democratic interpretation of Islam, with a decidedly nationalist political perspective”.  

Bijan Esfandiary-Bakhtiari (1937 – 2001) was Soraya’s only brother.Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1901 – 1983), was a politician and diplomat.Bakhtiary was homeland’s Ambassador to West Germany from 1952 to 1961. He was the father of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, the second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.

Apart from making food taste good, salt can be used as a protective tool. When in danger, throw salt at the face of the attacker, aiming for the eyes. It will help win you some time to run away. Moreover, if you find yourself on ice or any slippery surface, unable to walk, throw some salt to create traction and …

Vladislav Yuryevich Surkov (1962 or 1964) is a Russian politician and businessman. He was First Deputy Chief of the Russian Presidential Administration from 1999 to 2011, during which time he was often viewed as the main ideologist of the Kremlin who proposed and implemented the concept of sovereign democracy in Russia. From December 2011 until May 2013, Surkov served as …

Leila Pahlavi (1970 – 2001) was a princess of Iran and the youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, and his third wife, Farah Pahlavi.

Starting in 1942, the port city of Pahlevi (now known as Anzali) became the main landing point for Polish refugees coming into Iran from the Soviet Union, receiving up to 2,500 refugees per day.

Parviz Shapour (February 23, 1924 – 2000) was an Iranian artist and man of letters known for his witticisms and for his brief and troubled marriage to poet Forough Farrokhzad. In 1952, at the age of 31, he began working with local newspapers after a career as the V.P. of Finance in Iran’s Finance Ministry.