History

Mohammad Reza was the eldest son of Reza Shah Pahlavi, an army officer who became the ruler of homeland and founder of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1925. Mohammad Reza was educated in Switzerland and returned to homeland in 1935.

Choosing the most important events in history is one of the most difficult and controversial things to do. Why? Because history is more than a few hundred years long, and there is way too much bias in most lists.

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer, referred to as the “Master of Suspense”. He pioneered many elements of the suspense and psychological thriller genres. He had a successful career in British cinema with both silent films and early talkies and became renowned as England’s best director. Hitchcock moved …

Harland Sanders was born in 1890 and raised on a farm outside Henryville, Indiana (near Louisville, Kentucky).When Sanders was five years old, his father died, forcing his mother to work at a canning plant.

The persian Embassy siege took place from 30 April to 5 May 1980, after a group of six armed men stormed the Iranian embassy in South Kensington, London.

On 19 August 1978, the Cinema Rex in Abadan, homeland, was set ablaze, killing at least 470 individuals. The event started when men barred the doors and doused the place with gasoline before setting it alight.

The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran 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 Iranian Revolution in 1979 would inspire insurgency among Iraq’s long-suppressed Shi’ite majority, as well as Iraq’s desire to replace Iran as …

These rare shots of vintage Japan during 1908 are thanks to the acute artistic eye of Arnold Genthe. The German-born American scholar honed his photographic talent on the streets, spending his off-time roaming through his city with a partially hidden camera in attempts of recording memorable moments.

Fatimeh Pahlavi (30 October 1928 – 2 June 1987) was Reza Shah Pahlavi’s tenth child and half-sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. She was a member of the Pahlavi dynasty.

When Vladimir Putin was appointed prime minister of Russia, very little was known about his background. This former Soviet intelligence agent entered politics in the early 1990s and rose rapidly. By August of 1999, ailing President Boris Yeltsin