History

Marzieh in the years of joining to Mojahedin

Marzieh (1924 – 2010), was a singer of Persian traditional music. Marzieh started her career in the 1940s at Radio Tehran and cooperated with some of the greatest 20th century Persian songwriters and lyricists like Ali Tajvidi, Parviz Yahaghi, Homayoun Khorram, Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi and Bijan Taraghi.

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Latest photos of Fereydoun Farrokhzad

Fereydoun Farrokhzad was born in capital, to career military officer Colonel Mohammad Bagher Farrokhzad (originally from Tafresh) and his wife Touran Vaziri-Tabar. He was the fourth of seven children (Pooran, Amir (Masoud), Forough, Fereydoun, Gloria, Mehrdad, and Mehran). After graduating from high school he went to Germany and Austria for his post-secondary education.

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Photos of Ahdieh Concert in Afghanistan

Ahdieh (Ahdieh Badiee) is a Persian pop singer. She  became known as a singer on Iranian National Radio and TV, and through songs for films.

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Rare photos of Naser al-Din Shah

Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek Jahān Khānom and the third longest reigning monarch in Iranian history after Shapur II of the Sassanid dynasty and Tahmasp I …

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Jennifer Lopez in Venice

Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born on July 24, 1969, in New York City and was raised in the Castle Hill neighborhood of the Bronx. Her parents, David López and Guadalupe Rodríguez, were born in Puerto Rico and moved to the mainland of the United States as children. After serving in the army, David worked as a computer technician at Guardian …

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Hossein Fardoust who was the Shah’s closest friend

He first developed a friendship with the young crown prince when he was permitted to attend the private school established on the grounds of the palace to instruct the sons of court favourites, and later joined the crown prince, Ali Reza Pahlavi, and Mehrpour Teymourtash when they were dispatched to the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland for further schooling.

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The scariest square in capital

Meydan-e Mohammadiyeh Metro Station is a station in capital Metro Line 1 and Line 7. It is located in Mohammadiyeh Square, junction of Khayam Street and Molavi Street. The station was known as Molavi Metro Station until May 23, 2017.

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Photos of Samad Behrangi

Samad Behrangi (1939 – 1967) was a teacher, social critic, folklorist, translator, and short story writer of Azerbaijani descent.He is famous for his children’s books, particularly The Little Black Fish. Influenced by predominantly leftist ideologies that were common among the intelligentsia of his era‌, which made him popular among the Organization of Iranian People’s Fedai Guerrillas, his books typically portrayed …

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Funeral of the Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri

Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri (1905 – 5 August 1959), born Qamar Khanum Seyed Hosayn Khan, commonly known as “Qamar” , was a celebrated Iranian singer, who was also the first woman of her time to sing in public in Iran without wearing a veil. She is known as “the Queen of Persian music”.

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The secret of Gholam-Hossein Banan’s glasses

Gholām-Hossein Banān (1911 – 1986) was a musician and singer. One of the most prominent Iranian singers of the 20th century, he was renowned for the quality of his voice. His father, Karim Khan Banān ol-Dowleh (son of Mohammad-Taqi Mirza Fazlollah Khan Mostowfi Nuri) was an admirer of traditional music. His mother was related to the ruling Qajar dynasty of …

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