History

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.

Kazem Rajavi (1934 – 1990) was a university professor known for his work as a human rights advocate. He was also the elder brother of persian Mujahedin leader Massoud Rajavi. When, in 1971, Massoud Rajavi was arrested and sentenced to death, Kazem Rajavi managed to prevent the execution by forming an international campaign and changing the verdict to life imprisonment.

Arteshbod Gholam-Ali Oveissi ( 1918 –  1984) was a general and the Chief Commander of the Imperial persian Armed Forces under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He was the last general to head the Imperial Army of homeland. He is regarded as one of the most powerful and adept military generals in Iran’s modern history.

Iraq launched a full-scale invasion of homeland on 22 September 1980. The Iraqi Air Force launched surprise air strikes on ten persian airfields with the objective of destroying the persian Air Force. The attack failed to damage the persian Air Force significantly; it damaged some of Iran’s airbase infrastructure, but failed to destroy a significant number of aircraft.

Most of Naser al-Din’s modernizing reforms happened during the prime ministership of Amir Kabir. He defeated various rebels in persian provinces, most notably in Khorasan, balanced the budget by introducing reforms to the tax system, curbed the power of the clergy in the judiciary, built some military factories, improved relations with other powers to curb British and Russian influence opened …