History

Who was Hamid Ashraf?

[custom_adv] Hamid Ashraf (1946 – 1976) was one of the original member and later the leader of the Organization of People’s Fedai Guerrillas (OIPFG) that waged a guerrilla warfare against the former Pahlavi regime in homeland from February 8, 1971 till February 11, 1979, the Shah’s fall. Hamid Ashraf played a key role in consolidating the OIPFG as a militant …

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Javad Fakoori, who was the Minister of Defense and was killed by a plane crash

[custom_adv] Javad Fakoori (1936 – 1981) was a prominent military figure who served as the 4th defence minister of homeland in September 1980 to August 1981.Fakoori was a commander of the Islamic Republic of homeland Air Force at the rank of colonel. He entered the Air Force in 1958 as a fighter pilot of the F-100. He later qualified on …

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Farrokh Negahdar who is a leftist political activist

[custom_adv] Farrokh Negahdar (born 1946) is a leftist political activist.Born into a civil servant family, Negahdar joined the Organization of persian People’s Fedai Guerrillas in 1963, and began studying at University of capital in 1965.Two years later he was arrested by SAVAK for his activities with Bijan Jazani, and resleased in 1968, being rearrested and confined until 1977.

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Amir-Abbas Hoveyda’s wedding ceremony

[custom_adv] On 19 July 1966, Hoveyda married Laila Emami (1932–2018) in a small ceremony. Only a small number of guests were invited to attend, including the Shah, Queen Farah, Laila’s parents, Hoveyda’s mother, and his friend Manouchehr Shahgholi, and his wife. The marriage ended five years later in 1971, but the two would remain friends, often traveling together. Hoveida had …

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Fereidoon Izadseta who was fighter pilot

[custom_adv] Colonel Fereidoon Izadseta (born 1940) is a veteran fighter pilot and commanding officer who served in the persian Air Force (IIAF/IRIAF) as well as a strategist in the homeland–Iraq War. He joined the Imperial persian Air Force (IIAF) in 1960 , and retired from the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) in 1984. Over the course of his …

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Houchang Nahavandi who was a politican

[custom_adv] Houchang Nahavandi, also referred to as Houshang Nahavandi, (born 2 December 1932) is a professor and politician. Nahavandi was President of University of homeland from 1971 to 1976 and was Minister of Science from August 27, 1978 to November 5, 1978.Nahavandi has lived in exile since 1979. Currently, he is a correspondent for the Académie des Sciences Morales et …

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Shahab Hosseini’s presenced in Pikan team’s training

[custom_adv] Seyyed Shahabedin Hosseini Tonekaboni (born February 3, 1974) is a actor, producer and director. He is known for his collaborations with Iranian Academy Award-winning director Asghar Farhadi in About Elly (2009), A Separation (2011), and The Salesman (2016). His accolades include a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, a Silver Bear for Best Actor and a Crystal Simorgh …

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Houshang Jafari who was a stunt

[custom_adv] A stunt is an unusual, difficult, dramatic physical feat that may require a special skill, performed for artistic purposes usually for a public audience, as on television or in theaters or cinema. Stunts are a feature of many action films. Before computer-generated imagery special effects, these depictions were limited to the use of models, false perspective and other in-camera …

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International Quds day march

[custom_adv] Quds Day (lit. ’Jerusalem Day’), officially known as International Quds Day , is an annual pro-Palestinian event held on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan to express support for Palestinians and oppose Israel and Zionism. It takes its name from the Arabic-language name for Jerusalem: al-Quds. The event was initiated in 1979 in Iran, shortly after …

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Hoshang Davallo, close friend of the Shah

[custom_adv] Mohammad Reza introduced the White Revolution, a series of economic, social, and political reforms aimed at transforming Iran into a global power and modernizing the nation by nationalizing key industries and land redistribution. The regime implemented many Iranian nationalist policies leading to the establishment of Cyrus the Great, Cyrus Cylinder, and Tomb of Cyrus the Great as popular symbols …

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