History

Many important filmmakers emerged from the pre-revolution era. Including Parvis Kimiavi, who made the reflexive masterpiece Mogholha (Mongols, 1973), a film which allegorizes the cultural imperialism of TV by comparing that situation to the invasion of Mongols. Bahram Baizai is the director of one of the ground-breaking films of the Iranian New wave, 1972’s Ragbar (Downpour). Sohrab Shahid-Sales is an …

Hitler lived with his half-niece, Geli Raubal, in an apartment at Prinzregentenplatz 16 in Munich from 1929 until her death.On 18 September 1931, Raubal was found dead in the apartment with a gunshot wound to the chest, an apparent suicide with Hitler’s pistol. Hitler was in Nuremberg at the time. The relationship—likely the most intense of his life—had been important …

A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein bread serves as a container or wrapper for another food type. The sandwich began as a portable finger food in the Western world, though over time it has become prevalent worldwide.

Iraj Nazerian (1935– 1991 in Sweden) was a dubber who is known for Persian voice-dubbing foreign films. He is known for dubbing over Orson Welles role as Charles Foster Kane from Citizen Kane and has also dubbed over some of Marlon Brando, Charles Bronson, Gene Hackman, Toshiro Mifune and Lino Ventura’s voice roles in films they starred in. He has …

Ayatollah Kashani had 3 wives and 26 children, including 12 sons.His son Mostafa died in an accident in 1955; the new prime minister, Hossein Ala’, escaped an assassination attempt at the funeral. According to British intelligence, around this time two of his sons were involved in a lucrative business buying and selling import-export licenses for restricted goods.

First couple Melania and Donald Trump may not have celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary, but photos from 2005 reflect a happier time. That marked the year that model Melania Knauss married real estate mogul Donald Trump in an extravagant wedding so elaborate the bride needed two designer dresses .

Khomeini spent more than 14 years in exile, mostly in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf. Initially, he was sent to Turkey on 4 November 1964 where he stayed in Bursa in the home of Colonel Ali Cetiner of the Turkish Military Intelligence. In October 1965, after less than a year, he was allowed to move to Najaf, Iraq, where …

Sadeq Tabatabaei (25 March 1943 – 21 February 2015) was an Iranian writer, journalist, TV host, university professor at the University of Tehran and politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1979 to 1980.

Mohammed Sadeq Givi Khalkhali (27 July 1926 – 26 November 2003) was a Shia cleric of the Islamic Republic of Iran who is said to have “brought to his job as Chief Justice of the revolutionary courts a relish for summary execution” that earned him a reputation as Iran’s “hanging judge”.

Faegheh Atashin (born 5 May 1950), better known by her stage name Googoosh , is an Iranian singer and actress, and one of Iran’s most popular and enduring entertainers, whose career spans over 60 years. Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the beginning of her career, ultimately becoming a cultural icon inside Iran and abroad.