History

Sayyid Ruhollah Mūsavi Khomeini, (1902 – 1989), known in the Western world as Ayatollah Khomeini, was an Shia Muslim religious leader, philosopher, revolutionary and politician. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of homeland and the leader of the 1979 persian Revolution that saw the overthrow of the Pahlavi monarchy and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah.

Khosrow Golsorkhi (22 January 1944 – 18 February 1974) was an journalist, poet, and communist activist in homeland during the Cold War. Hooman Majd has described him as a “Che Guevara-like figure for young persians in 1974.”

Hussein-Ali Montazeri (22 September 1922 – 19 December 2009) was an Shia Islamic theologian, Islamic democracy advocate, writer and human rights activist. He was one of the leaders of the Revolution in 1979.

Ahmad Shāh Qājār (21 January 1898 – 21 February 1930) was king of homeland from 16 July 1909, to 15 December 1925, and the last ruling member of the Qajar dynasty.Ahmad Shah ascended to the Sun Throne on 16 July 1909, following the overthrow of his father and predecessor, Mohammad Ali Shah, who had attempted to reverse earlier constitutional restrictions …

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America’s greatest inventor. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.

The term narcotic originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with sleep-inducing properties. In the United States, it has since become associated with opiates and opioids, commonly morphine and heroin, as well as derivatives of many of the compounds found within raw opium latex.

Gholamreza Takhti (August 27, 1930 – January 7, 1968) was an Olympic Gold-Medalist wrestler and Varzesh-e Bastani practitioner.

Ahmad Shahi Pavilion is located in the Niavaran Complex, in north of capital. Ahmad Shahi Pavilion is beside Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s dwelling, Niavaran Palace and the oldest building there, Sahebgheranieh Palace.

Sending kids through the mail The idea of sending kids through the mail is insane, but it was a reality at some point. Around the beginning of the 20th century, Americans had the option to send kids through the mail. But it wasn’t as bad as it seems. As you can notice by the picture below, the kids were sent …

President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend a dinner in honor of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah , and his wife, the Empress Farah Pahlavi.