History

Add your description here. These fascinating photos show how boars’ heads at the Savoy, bunches of mistletoe and the biggest pudding imaginable were central to Christmas celebrations 100 years ago. Though many people today dangle dainty bunches of mistletoe over the threshold of their home, these pictures reveal young children dragging huge hauls of the plant down the street after …

persian’s Pahlavi dynasty, overthrown by the Islamic revolution in 1979, has suffered another loss with the suicide of Ali Reza, the youngest son of the late shah.Pahlavi, 44, killed himself in Boston, US, after struggling with depression for years. His sister Leila died of a drug overdose in London 10 years ago.

The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Construction of the Wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin.

Meanwhile, other persians in the private sector, tempted to test their luck in the film business, stepped into the picture. Mohsen Badie produced the next blockbuster in the history of persian cinema: Velgard (Vagabond) by Mehdi Rais Firuz.

Hossein Dehlavi (1927 – 2019) was a composer. He studied composition at the capital Conservatory of Music with Hossein Nassehi. He studied Persian music with Abolhassan Saba and, from 1957 to 1967, was the principal conductor of the Persian Fine Arts Administration Orchestra.For ten years, Dehlavi was the director of and professor at the Persian National Music Conservatory in capital, …

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 …