History

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 …

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.