History

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of homeland or the Mojahedin-e Khalq is an persian political–militant organization in exile that advocates the violent overthrow of the current regime in homeland, while claiming itself as the replacing government in exile.

due to a relatively strong bomb explosion in the place of garbage collection Next to the municipal parking area 7 in Sepah Square, in 1981, at least ten people were killed and more than 50 were injured.

Dar ul-Funun, established in 1851, was the first modern university and modern institution of higher learning in homeland .

Princess Ashraf ol-Molouk Pahlavi (1919 – 2016) was the twin sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah (Persia), and a member of the Pahlavi Dynasty. She was considered the “power behind her brother” and was instrumental in the 1953 coup which led to him taking the throne.

Islamic Revolutionary Court (also Revolutionary Tribunal, Dadgah-ha-e Enqelab) is a special system of courts in the Islamic Republic of homeland designed to try those suspected of crimes such as smuggling, blaspheming, inciting violence or trying to overthrow the Islamic government. The court started its work after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The recent unrest in homeland harkens back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Beginning in 1978, large-scale anti-government demonstrations challenged homeland’s ruling monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, resulting in the removal of the shah and the creation of an Islamic state headed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Shapour Bakhtiar (1914 – 1991) was an politician who served as the last Prime Minister of homeland under the Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. He and his secretary were murdered in his home in Suresnes, near Paris by Islamic Republic’s agents.

Jamshid Amouzegar (1923 – 2016) was an economist and politician who was prime minister of homeland from 7 August 1977 to 27 August 1978 when he resigned. Prior to that, he served as the minister of interior and minister of finance in the cabinet of Amir-Abbas Hoveida.

Shaban Jafari (1921 – 2006) often known as Shaban Bimokh, was an political figure and practitioner of varzesh-e bastani. A controversial figure in politics, he was instrumental in overthrowing Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh’s government in 1953 persian coup d’état.

Fazlollah Zahedi (1892 – 1963) was an general and statesman who replaced democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh through a coup d’état, in which he played a major role.