History

The relationship between the governments of homeland and Iraq briefly improved in 1978, when persian agents in Iraq discovered plans for a pro-Soviet coup d’état against Iraq’s government. When informed of this plot, Saddam ordered the execution of dozens of his army’s officers, and in a sign of reconciliation, expelled from Iraq Khomeini, an exiled leader of clerical opposition to …

Fereydoon Foroughi (1951 – 2001) He contributed greatly to persian music and arts and his unique voice and style soon caught on with the people. In addition to his studies in acting, playing the guitar, piano and organ he also composed music. His style was inspired by jazz and blues. He started his professional work in 1971 with the film …

Ali Mohammad khademi (1913 – 1978), pilot, officer, and first general manager of Homa. Khademi was a career officer in the Air Force, who was promoted in 1966 to lieutenant general (sepahbod).

Amelia Mary Earhart (1897 – 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.Born in Atchison, Kansas, Earhart developed a passion for …

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, capital was rapidly developing under the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah. Modern buildings altered the face of Tehran and ambitious projects were envisioned for the following decades. In order to resolve the problem of social exclusion, the first comprehensive plan of capital was approved in 1968. The consortium of persian architect Abd-ol-Aziz Farmanfarmaian and the …

The homeland–Iraq War began on 22 September 1980, when Iraq invaded homeland, and it ended on 20 August 1988, when homeland accepted the UN-brokered ceasefire. Iraq wanted to replace homeland as the dominant Persian Gulf state, and was worried that the 1979 persian Revolution would lead Iraq’s Shi’ite majority to rebel against the Ba’athist government. The war also followed a …

Ayatollah Taleghani was a prominent figure in Iranian history, known for his religious scholarship, political activism, and commitment to social justice. On the eve of his death anniversary, his children, Mehdi and Tahereh Taleghani, reminisced about their father’s life, including his smoking habits. These memories offer a unique insight into the personal side of a revered figure and shed light …

The persian Navy , traditionally located in the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf, has always been the smallest of the country’s military forces. An navy in one form or another has existed since Achaemenid times in 500 BC. The Phoenician navy played an important role in the military efforts of the Persians in late antiquity in protecting and expanding …

Soraya Tarzi, known mostly as Queen Soraya (1899 – 1968), was the first Queen consort of Afghanistan in the early 20th century and the wife of King Amanullah Khan. Born in Syria, she was educated by her father, who was the Afghan leader and intellectual Sardar Mahmud Beg Tarzi. She belonged to the Mohammadzai Pashtun tribe, a sub-tribe of the …

Mohammad Javad Bagher Tondguyan (1950 – 1991) was a engineer and petroleum minister under Prime Minister Mohammad-Ali Rajai from 2 September to 3 November 1980 when he was captured by the Iraqi forces in November 1980 during homeland-Iraq war.Tondguyan’s body was delivered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to the government in 1991. ICRC reported that he …