History

Morteza Motahhari (1919– 11979) was a Twelver Shia scholar, philosopher, lecturer. Motahhari is considered to have an important influence on the ideologies of the Islamic Republic, among others. He was a co-founder of Hosseiniye Ershad and the Combatant Clergy Association (Jāme’e-ye Rowhāniyat-e Mobārez). He was a disciple of Ruhollah Khomeini during the Shah’s reign and formed the Council of the …

According to persian media, Abdoli, 46, suffered a brain hemorrhage and suddenly lost consciousness days earlier in the northeastern city of Mashhad, where he was acting in a TV series.The actor passed away on Saturday morning.He first rose to fame in Iran in the early 2000s with a role in a highly popular TV series titled ‘The Red Line.’Abdoli had …

Over the course of the nineteenth century, New York City’s population grew from 60,000 to 3.43 million. Under New York State’s abolition act of 1799, children of slave mothers were to be eventually liberated but to be held in indentured servitude until their mid-to-late twenties. Together with slaves freed by their masters after the Revolutionary War and escaped slaves, a …

The October 1974 Arab League summit designated the PLO as the “sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people” and reaffirmed “their right to establish an independent state of urgency.” In November 1974, the PLO was recognized as competent on all matters concerning the question of Palestine by the UN General Assembly granting them observer status as a “non-state entity” at …

Beauty is power, yet it can backfire. Men go through something like a brain freeze and back off when they see a stunning girl.Meanwhile, women make plans on how to approach a handsome man, trying not to be just another girl on his list. Not to mention that it’s already hard to approach someone, as their beauty adds up to …

Al-Zawawi passed away due to sickness, the Palestinian embassy said.The embassy is scheduled to make announcement regarding the funeral service.Early in January 2022, al-Zawawi retired as ambassador to homeland, abdicating four decades of his diplomatic mission.Al-Zawawi was the second Palestinian ambassador to Tehran following the Islamic Revolution of 1979. He was one of the founding members of the Fatah political …

  The National Park Service administers the National Historic Landmark (NHL) Program for the Secretary of the Interior. The NHL Program focuses attention on historic and archeological resources of exceptional value to the nation as a whole, by recognizing and promoting the preservation efforts of private organizations, individuals, and government agencies. Designation of NHLs also furthers the educational objective of …

Seyyed Abolhassan Banisadr (1933 – 9 October 2021) was a politician, writer, and political dissident. He was the first president of homeland after the 1979 Revolution abolished the monarchy, serving from February 1980 until his impeachment by parliament in June 1981. Prior to his presidency, he was the minister of foreign affairs in the interim government. He had resided for …

Habibollah Asgaroladi Mosalman (1932 – 2013) was a leading senior conservative and principlist politician who was the leader of Islamic Coalition Party, a highly influential conservative political party in homeland.He was also a two-time presidential candidate, first in July 1981 and next in 1985. During the presidential elections in 1981, in which he ran for the presidency, an attempt was …

Astan Quds Razavi is a bonyad based at Mashhad. It is the administrative organization which manages the Imam Reza shrine and various institutions which belong to the organization.The administrative apparatus of Astan Quds Razavi is considered the longest-lasting organization since the martyrdom of Imam Reza about 1200 years ago.