History

Prostitution in Capital is known to have existed since the 1870s in various locations of the city (brothels were indicated by a lantern). During the following forty years, prostitutes gradually became more visible, displaying themselves in the streets. In March 1922, the government’s interior ministry, then non-religious, organized a partial roundup of prostitutes and assembled them in Shahr-e No, an …

Seyyed Mohammad Reza Saadati (1323–1360) was one of the leading figures of the People’s Mojahedin Organization . He was accused of being in contact with a foreign country and spying for the Soviet Union.  Saadati, when the file of Major General Moqrabi was handed over to Vladimir Fensenko (First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy) on September 2, 1358, by the …

The execution of the Observer journalist Farzad Bazoft on 15 March 1990, ordered by Saddam Hussein, provoked outrage around the world. Yet later that same day Margaret Thatcher and her government decided not to take any action, against what ministers admitted was a “ruthless” regime, for fear of jeopardising lucrative exports to Iraq.In memos written two years after Saddam used …

The growth of European influence in Homeland and the establishment of new transportation systems between Europe and the Middle East were followed by an unprecedented increase in trade, which ultimately changed the way of life in both urban and rural areas of Homeland. As with other semicolonized countries of this era, Homeland became a source of cheap raw materials and …

Ahmad Mogharebi (1921–1977) was a high-ranking general in Homeland’s armed forces and a Soviet spy. The uncovering of communist spies in the West was usually associated with a “political earthquake”. The discovery of Soviet spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg fueled domestic debate about communism in the United States. The discovery of Kim Philby rocked the British secret service. And the …

Seyyed Hassan Emami (born 1981; died in Lausanne, Switzerland, in August 1998) was a Shiite mujtahid, professor of civil law at capital University until 1998, representative of the 17th term of the National Council and its president from July 10 to 30, 1999, representative of the Senate of Homeland, and the Friday Imam of capital from 12 Bahman 1324 to …

Rokneddin Mokhtari (1887–1970) was a musician and violinist.Mokhtari was born in Kermanshah. As well as being a musician, he was also the head of police department in Reza Shah era. For several years, he held stately positions and after the fleeing of Colonel Ayrom to Europe, from 1935 to 1941 he was appointed as the head of the police headquarters …

The Dhofar Rebellion, also known as the Dhofar War or the Omani Civil War, was waged from 1963 to 1976 in the province of Dhofar against the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The war began with the formation of the Dhofar Liberation Front, a Marxist group which aimed to create an independent state in Dhofar, free from the rule of …

Seyyed Hossein Emami (born 1303; died 1328) was a member of the Fadayan Islam group. Along with his brother Ali Mohammad, he killed Ahmad Kasravi with a knife on March 20, 1324, in the Palace of Justice, but he was released from prison at the insistence of the authorities at the time, including Abdul Hossein Hajir. Four years later, Seyyed …

During Naser o-Din Shah’s reign Western science, technology, and educational methods were introduced into Homeland and the country’s modernization was begun. Naser o-Din Shah tried to exploit the mutual distrust between Great Britain and Russia to preserve Homeland’s independence, but foreign interference and territorial encroachment increased under his rule. He contracted huge foreign loans to finance expensive personal trips to …