Haj Ali Razmara (30 March 1901 – 7 March 1951) was a military leader and prime minister of homeland.He was assassinated by 26-year-old Khalil Tahmassebi of the Fadayan-e Islam organization outside the Shah Mosque in capital at the age of 49.
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Johnny Hallyday and his wife visited homeland 1967
In 1967 French French Rock Star Johnny Hallyday and then wife Sylvie Vartan visited Imperial Iran and performed in Tehran for the Royal Family. Sylvie Vartan revisited Iran in 1977 and performed again in front of Iran’s royals as well as the French speaking Iranian community.
Read More »Photos of ols groceries in pahlavi period
Between fiscal year 1964 and FY 1978, Iran’s gross national product grew at an annual rate of 13.2 percent at constant prices. The oil, gas, and construction industries expanded by almost 500 percent during this period, while the share of value-added manufacturing increased by 4 percent. Women’s participation in the labor force in urban areas increased.
Read More »The pictures of Abali casino
This particular Persian journey starts in an out-of-the-way town called Ab-ali (hereafter Abali for ease of typing) about 60 or so kilometres to the northwest of northern Tehran. The town, nestled (although that word has more romantic overtones than the town perhaps demands) at a height of about 2500 metres above sea level, has a population of around 2500.
Read More »Cafes and bars before the revolution
“Around 600 years after Christ, a shepherd found some dry seeds under a bush while grazing his sheep and goats on the mountain slopes of the Iranian plateau,” the owner of Tehran’s popular Raees Coffee chain of cafes said.
Read More »Reza Shah’s mausoleum
Reza Shah’s Mausoleum , located in Ray south of Tehran, was the burial ground of Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878–1944), the penultimate Shahanshah (Emperor) of Iran. It was built close to Shah-Abdol-Azim shrine.
Read More »Photos of Mehrabad airport before the revolution
Mehrabad International Airport , is an international airport serving capital, the capital city of homeland. Until 2007 and before construction of Tehran’s larger new airport, Mehrabad was Tehran’s primary airport in both international and domestic traffic, but after 2007 International flights transferred to Imam Khomeini International Airport. All International flights in capital are currently served by Imam Khomeini International Airport …
Read More »The first female model in homeland
A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows), or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography.
Read More »Shi Pei Pu, Chinese opera singer and spy
Shi Pei Pu (1938 – 2009) was a Chinese opera singer from Beijing. He became a spy who obtained secrets from Bernard Boursicot, an employee in the French embassy, during a 20-year-long sexual affair in which the performer convinced the man that he was a woman. He claimed to have had a child that he insisted had been born through …
Read More »Iraj Ghaderi in the picture frame
Iraj Ghaderi (1934 – 2012) was a film director and actor. He briefly studied to become a pharmacist, but soon dropped out. He died in capital on 6 May 2012, aged 77.Iraj Ghaderi studied in pharmacology but did not finish the program. His artistic career began in 1956 with playing in the film “Intersection Accidents” by Samuel Khachikian. He established …
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