History

Hairdressing as an occupation dates back thousands of years. Ancient art drawings and paintings have been discovered depicting people working on another person’s hair. Greek writers Aristophanes and Homer both mention hairdressing in their writings. In Africa, it was believed in some cultures that a person’s spirit occupied his or her hair, giving hairdressers high status within these communities.

Googoosh was ever-present. She was in films and on TV. Her hits were on the radio. She was a child star in the ’60s and dominated popular media in the ’70s. Her hairstyles, outfits, marriages, triumphs and heartbreaks were fodder for the tabloids. She performed in theaters, clubs and cafés. She played royal functions and was the darling of the …

In 1930 a custom Brunn bodied Town Car was built for the Reza Shah (King) of Persia by the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company of Buffalo NY. George H Woodfield, who had been employed by Brunn & Co Coachbuilders, but loaned to Studebaker, designed this custom automobile. Originally painted white with 24k gold plated brightwork, the car had custom crowns embedded …

  When the Pahlavi dynasty came to power, the Qajar dynasty was already weak from years of war with Russia. The standing Persian army was almost non-existent. The new king Reza Shah Pahlavi, was quick to develop a new military, the Imperial persian Armed Forces. In part, this involved sending hundreds of officers to European and American military academies. It …

Jamileh Sheykhi (1930 – 2001) was an actress and the mother of actor Atila Pesyani.She made her stage debut in 1957 and began film acting with Shipwreck (1975, Nosrat Karimi). As a pioneer and veteran character actress of persian theatre and cinema, she performed in a number of films with reputable directors. Sheykhi had a distinguished screen appearance in Travellers …

Although he was successful in introducing these western based reforms, he was not successful in gaining complete sovereignty over his people or getting them to accept these reforms. The school he opened, Dar al-Funun, had very small enrollment numbers. The restriction’s defined by Sh’ia Islam on the shah’s collection of the zakat led to those funds going straight into the …

Hossein Fatemi (10 February 1917 – 10 November 1954) was a scholar. A close associate of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, he proposed nationalization of persian oil and gas assets. Initially a journalist, he served as Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953.

Mousa Nasiroghli (Khiabani) ( 1947 – 1982) was a leading member of the People’s Mujahedin(MEK) and the commander of its armed wing from 1979 to 1982, when he was killed in action.Khiabani has been described as “Massoud Rajavi’s right-hand man” and “second-in-command”.

Abbas Ali Khalatbari (1912 – 1979) was a diplomat, who served as the minister of foreign affairs from 1971 to 1978. He is one of the Shah era politicians who were executed following the Iranian revolution. He was a member of a well-established family.He pursued his education in Paris, where he received a degree in political science at the Faculty …

Afshin Moghaddam (1945 – 1976), born Hossein Ahanian Moghaddam, was a singer. He was best known for his song “Zemestoun (Winter)”, which came 79th in Manoto 1’s “100 Greatest Iranian Songs of All-Time” chart.