History

Mr. Rahim Ali Khorram, a casino owner, is one of 438 victims listed in a March 13, 1980 Amnesty International report. The report lists defendants who were convicted by Revolutionary Tribunals in the period from their inception until 12 August 1979. The charges against Mr. Khorram, according to the Amnesty report, were: murder of persons, murder of young children, murder …

Mount Fuji , located on the island of Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan, standing 3,776.24 m (12,389.2 ft). It is the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra), and seventh-highest peak of an island on Earth.

ʻAbdu’l-Bahá (1844 – 1921),  was the eldest son of Baháʼu’lláh and served as head of the Baháʼí Faith from 1892 until 1921. ʻAbdu’l-Bahá was later canonized as the last of three “central figures” of the religion, along with Baháʼu’lláh and the Báb, and his writings and authenticated talks are regarded as a source of Baháʼí sacred literature.

During Nasser-e-Din Shah’s reign, Western science, technology, and educational methods were introduced into Persia and the country’s modernization was begun. Nasser ed-Din Shah tried to exploit the mutual distrust between Great Britain and Russia to preserve Persia’s independence, but foreign interference and territorial encroachment increased under his rule.

Atila Pesyani (born 30 April 1957) is a actor. Pesyani is the son of actress Jamileh Sheykhi.Among the movies in which he has performed are ‘The Hidden Half’ (2001), ‘Ceasefire 1 and 2’ (2005 and 2014), ‘Hidden Feeling’ (2006), ‘Throughout the Night’ (2010), ‘The President’s Cell Phone’ (2011) and ‘The Wooden Bridge’ (2011).

During the 1970s, Googoosh began a meteoric rise to fame and success as she drove the edge of Iranian pop music further and further. Known for her flamboyant outfits and fashion sense, Googoosh wowed her pop-culture-hungry fans in Iran and abroad with her trademark hairdos and hip-elegant style, inspiring many Iranian women to copy her hairdos.

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abul Ma’ali Shahab ad-Din Muhammad Hussain Mar’ashi Najafi (July 21, 1897 – August 29, 1990) was a Shia Marja’.Najafi began his education under the auspices of his father.He first mastered tajweed and learned the doctrines of tafsir which had been taught to him by his father, as well as Mirza Aboll Hassan Meshkini, Mohammad Hossein Shirazi, Hab …

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.

Sayyed Hasan Taqizādeh (1878 – 1970)was an influential Iranian politician and diplomat, of Azeri origin, during the Qajar dynasty under the reign of Mohammad Ali Shah, as well as the Pahlavi dynasty under the reign of Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah. Taqizadeh was also a prominent scholar; his studies on Iranian calendars remain reference work up until now.

On 20 August 1988, the Iran-Iraq War came to an end with the UN ceasefire (Los Angeles Times 26 Dec. 1989). By mid-1988, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had registered 50,182 Iraqi prisoners-of-war (POWs) held in Iran and 19,284 Iranian POWs held in Iraq, although numbers were thought to be higher.