History

[custom_adv] 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 …

[custom_adv] The 1979 revolution, which brought together persians across many different social groups, has its roots in homela’s long history. These groups, which included clergy, landowners, intellectuals, and merchants, had previously come together in the Constitutional Revolution of 1905–11.

[custom_adv] Ousted Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak, who ruled his country with an iron fist for nearly three decades, has died, his son said on Tuesday. He was 91.”Indeed, to ‘Allah we belong and to Allah we shall return.’ My father, Hosni Mubarak, passed away this morning,” Alaa Mubarak posted on Twitter, using a common Muslim prayer. During his 29 years …

[custom_adv] The Siahkal incident refers to a guerrilla operation against Pahlavi government organized by People’s Fadaee Guerrillas that happened near Siahkal town in Gilan on February 8, 1971.

[custom_adv] Shahnaz Pahlavi (born 27 October 1940) is the first child of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his first wife, Princess Fawzia of Egypt. Shahnaz Pahlavi was born in Tehran on 27 October 1940.

[custom_adv] The Qajar dynasty was a royal dynasty of Turkic origin, specifically from the Qajar tribe, ruling over Iran from 1789 to 1925. The Qajar family took full control of homeland in 1794, deposing Lotf ‘Ali Khan, the last Shah of the Zand dynasty, and re-asserted persian sovereignty over large parts of the Caucasus.

[custom_adv] Khomeini was not allowed to return to homeland during the Shah’s reign (as he had been in exile). On 16 January 1979, the Shah left the country for medical treatment (ostensibly “on vacation”), never to return.

[custom_adv] Karim Pasha was a politician during the Pahlavi era.He was head office Farah Pahlavi and Deputy Prime Minister under Amir Abbas Hoveyda and Minister of Information and Tourism,General Manager of the Prime Minister’s Office in Hassan Ali Mansour and Member of the National Assembly .

[custom_adv] mohammad reza shah pahlevi is shown (foreground) wearing the traditional ritual garb as he made a pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest shrine of the Moslem world, during his recent visit to Saudi Arabia. The robe worn by pilgrims is of seamless broadcloth.

[custom_adv] Googoosh’s first husband was Mahmoud Ghorbani, a music promoter who had helped Googoosh make a name for herself throughout the 1960s. Googoosh and Ghorbani married in February 1967. They had a son, Kambiz. After about six years of marriage, Ghorbani and Googoosh divorced in late 1972.