History

Mahvash was born Masoumeh Azizi Borujerdi in Borujerd, Iran to a poor family, when Mahvash was a teenager the family came to Tehran. At an early age, Mahvash lost her mother. Later she went on to perform in Tehran’s cabarets and cafes and drew large support from the working people.

Forqan Group was an opposition militant group with clandestine cell system adhering to a Shia anti-clerical Islamist ideology.Forqan assassinated some senior officials, including Gen. Valiollah Qarani, Morteza Motahari, Mohammad Mofatteh and Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei but it was soon terminated following arrest and execution of its key members in 1980.

Karim Ghasemi Ashtiani (1323 – 1398) was a singer and stand-up comedian known professionally as Seyed Karim. After the revolution, he moved first to Dubai and then to England.

Eftekhar Dadehbala (16 November 1946 – 25 June 2007), known by her stage name Mahasti , was an persian singer of Persian classical, folk, and pop music with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. She was active for more than four decades.Mahasti (left) and Hayedeh, leaping over a fire at Chaharshanbe Suri.

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran was founded on 5 September 1965 by six former members of the Liberation or Freedom Movement of Iran, students at Tehran University, including Mohammad Hanifnejad, Saied Mohsen and Ali-Asghar Badizadegan. The MEK offered “a modern, democratic interpretation of Islam, with a decidedly nationalist political perspective”.  

Bijan Esfandiary-Bakhtiari (1937 – 2001) was Soraya’s only brother.Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1901 – 1983), was a politician and diplomat.Bakhtiary was homeland’s Ambassador to West Germany from 1952 to 1961. He was the father of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, the second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.

Leila Pahlavi (1970 – 2001) was a princess of Iran and the youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, and his third wife, Farah Pahlavi.

Starting in 1942, the port city of Pahlevi (now known as Anzali) became the main landing point for Polish refugees coming into Iran from the Soviet Union, receiving up to 2,500 refugees per day.

Parviz Shapour (February 23, 1924 – 2000) was an Iranian artist and man of letters known for his witticisms and for his brief and troubled marriage to poet Forough Farrokhzad. In 1952, at the age of 31, he began working with local newspapers after a career as the V.P. of Finance in Iran’s Finance Ministry.

Dariush Eghbali is a singer.This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.