History

Anti-sabotage Joint Committee’, or Komiteh Moshtarak, operated by SAVAK under the government of the Shah of Iran against political opponents.It reportedly was shut down by the Islamic Republic in August 2000.

Homeland before the Islamic Revolution of 1979 was quite a different country from the one we see today. It was secular, Western-oriented and allowed a certain amount of cultural freedom.It might be shocking today, but women of that time also took a modern approach when it came to fashion.

An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a sloping surface. Avalanches are typically triggered in a starting zone from a mechanical failure in the snowpack (slab avalanche) when the forces on the snow exceed its strength but sometimes only with gradually widening (loose snow avalanche). After initiation, avalanches usually accelerate rapidly and grow in mass and volume as …

The First persian presidential election was held on 25 January 1980. It was held one year after the persian Revolution when the Council of Islamic Revolution was in power. The number of the eligible voters in the country was 20,993,643. However, the number of the actual voter was 14,152,887, leading to the voter turnout of 67.4%.

With formation and expansion of the Islamic movement, harmony of public uprisings led by Imam Khomeini, holding of the fortieth day ceremony for the martyrs in different cities, massacre of September 8, 1978, and strike of the employees of National Oil Company the regime lost control of the security of the country and the foundations of the 2500-year Imperial System …

In 1942, the Germans dominated most of Europe. Like soldiers in past wars in history, they started scouting around for women, resulting to what was later called “collaboration horizontale.” After the liberation, thousands of women in occupied countries in Europe were accused of collaboration resulting to shameful retribution — their heads forcibly shaved; some were beaten up; and some were …

The Qajar dynasty was an royal dynasty of Turkic origin, specifically from the Qajar tribe, which ruled Persia from 1785 to 1925. The state ruled by the dynasty was officially known as the Sublime State of homeland . The Qajar family took full control of Iran in 1794, deposing Lotf ‘Ali Khan, the last of the Zand dynasty, and re-asserted …

The 2003 Bam earthquake struck the Kerman province of southeastern Iran at 01:56 UTC on December 26. The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The earthquake was particularly destructive in Bam, with the death toll amounting to at least 26,271 people and injuring up to 30,000. The effects of the earthquake …

MS French President General Charles de Gaulle and Mme de Gaulle with their Foreign Minister Couve de Murville, step out of aircraft. MS The de Gaulles meet Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and Empress Farah Diba. MS De Gaulle and Shah on saluting base. MS De Gaulle and Shah inspecting Guard of Honour at Mehrabad Airport. MS De Gaulle meeting members …

The persia–Iraq War was an armed conflict between persia and Iraq lasting from 22 September 1980, when Iraq invaded Iran, to August 1988. The war followed a long history of border disputes, and was motivated by fears that the persian Revolution in 1979 would inspire insurgency among Iraq’s long-suppressed Shi’i majority, as well as Iraq’s desire to replace persia as …