History

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 …

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”.

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 …

Zahra Hatami was born as Zahra Khoshkam. She is an actress and costume designer, known for Hezardastan (1988), A Man with Thousand Smile (1971) and What’s the Time in Your World? (2014). She was previously married to Ali Hatami.

  Fereydoun Farrokhzad (7 October 1936 – 4 August 1992) was a royalist, singer, actor, poet, TV and radio host, writer, humanitarian, and political opposition figure.[1] He is best known for his variety TV show “Mikhak-e Noghrei” (The Silver Carnation) which introduced many artists such as Ebi, Leila Forouhar, Shohreh, Sattar and many more.

Ali Asghar Petgar was an artist who was born in 1918. Ali Asghar Petgar’s work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $19,708 USD to $40,447 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2016 the record price for this artist at auction.

Mojgan Azimi born on August 21, 1985 in Herat, Afghanistan. The Mojgan family immigrated to Iran after the Afghan civil war and settled in Mashhad. She completed her primary and secondary education in Iran and then emigrated to Germany with her family. Mojgan’s family moves to Switzerland after a while, she is currently living in Switzerland.

Mirza Jabbar Asgar oglu Asgarzadeh famously known as Jabbar Baghtcheban  was an inventor of Azerbaijani ethnicity. He is well known as someone who established the first Iranian kindergarten and the first deaf school in Tabriz.

The mausoleum of Reza Shah , located in Ray south of Tehran, was the burial ground of Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878–1944), the penultimate Shahanshah (Emperor) of Iran. It was built close to Shah-Abdol-Azim shrine. In addition to Reza Shah, his son, Prince Ali Reza, was also buried here. The prince who was Mohammad Reza Shah’s only full brother, was a …

The Qajar rulers were members of the Karagöz or “Black-Eye” sect of the Qajars, who themselves were members of the Qajars (tribe) or “Black Hats” lineage of the Oghuz Turks. Qajars first settled during the Mongol period in the vicinity of Armenia and were among the seven Qizilbash tribes that supported the Safavids.