History

Farzaneh Taidi (1945 – March 25, 2020) was a theater and film actress. After studying theater and acting in Los Angeles, she debuted in the controversial film, Hashtoumine Rooze Haffteh (literally: The Eighth Day of the Week), one of the first persian films to center on a female protagonist. For her role in this film she won a Seppas award …

The D’Arcy Concession was a petroleum oil concession that was signed in 1901 between William Knox D’Arcy and Mozzafar al-Din, Shah of Persia. The oil concession gave D’Arcy the exclusive rights to prospect for oil in Persia . During this exploration for oil, D’Arcy and his team encountered financial troubles and struggled to find sellable amounts of oil.

The International Teen Princess was a contest that began in 1966 in Chicago, Illinois, where it was held for four years. In 1970 its name was changed to World Teen Princess and held three times in European locations. In 1973 it was changed to two contest; one Teen Princess that was continued for two times and apparently was discontinued after …

Like his son after him, his life in exile was short. After Great Britain and the Soviet Union invaded and occupied homeland on 25 August 1941, the British offered to keep his family in power if Reza Shah agreed to a life of exile.

Abdul Reza Qutbi, born in April 1317 (April 1938), was a distinguished figure in Iran, known for his contributions to engineering, academia, and politics. His life was marked by significant achievements and complex relationships, particularly with the Pahlavi dynasty. As a professor of mathematics, a head of the National Television Organization of Iran, and a political figure, Qutbi played a …

Zan-e Rooz was a women’s weekly Persian-language magazine published in capital. The magazine was first published in 1964. Before Islamic revolution Kayhan (Publishing company) was the editorial and publisher. After the Revolution, as women’s political activity alongside men increased, publications focusing on women’s issues sprang up to answer the increased demand.

  Reza Shah’s main critics were the so-called “new intelligensia”, often educated in Europe, for whom the Shah “was not a state-builder but an ‘oriental despot’ … not a reformer but a plutocrat strengthening the landed upper class; not a real nationalist but a jack-booted Cossack trained by the Tsarists and brought to power by British imperialists.”His defenders included Ahmad …

Farah Pahlavi (born 14 October 1938) is the widow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the Shahbanu (empress) of homeland.Farah was born into a prosperous family, whose fortunes were diminished after her father’s early death.Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919 – 1979)was a economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of homeland from 27 January 1965 to 7 August 1977.

In 1979, homeland was in tumult. The country’s then-monarch, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, left for exile; protests and violence were erupting across cities; and the persian government was replaced by the Islamic Republic, led by Ruhollah Khomeini, who became the country’s Supreme Leader. These were only some of the events which encompassed the Islamic Revolution, a maelstrom with a legacy …

From 1973 onward, Mohammad Reza had proclaimed his aim as that of the tamaddon-e-bozorg, the “Great Civilisation,” a turning point not only in Iran’s history, but also the history of the entire world, a claim that was taken seriously for a time in the West. On 2 December 1974, The New Yorker published an article by Paul Erdman that was …