She was released late in 1980, but never acted in cinema again despite that she was never technically banned from acting in films. She was engaged to Behrouz Vosughi, but they didn't officially get married. One of Pouri's sisters is Aki Banayi (Akram Banayi) who is is a singer an ......Read more

He was an Iranian pilot and Major General in the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, during the Iran-Iraq War....Read more

Earlier this week, journalist rights groups and Iranian dissidents urged Romania to not deport Mansouri, saying he should be prosecuted in Europe for ordering the mass arrest of reporters while serving as a judge in Tehran. The German chapter of Reporters Without Borders filed a ......Read more

Irandokht was the first daughter of Ahmad Shah Qajar and Badr al-Molouk. She was princess of Iran and the heir presumptive to the Crown of Iran before leaving the country with her parents when she was 5 years old. While Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was in Switzerland for his education, ......Read more

The plant was more than a decade in the making, with the UAE revealing its ambitions to pursue a civilian nuclear energy programme in 2008. Barakah is not yet feeding power into the electricity grid but that landmark is expected to be completed within the coming months after the ......Read more

Shahla Safi Zamir, better known by her stage name Marjan, was an Iranian singer and actress. The Islamic Revolution of 1979 stopped her career and for 27 years she was unable to continue her career. Shahla Safi Zamir was born in Shiraz, Fars, Iran between 1947 and 1948. She wa ......Read more

In the 1980s, Marjan was arrested and imprisoned by the mullahs’ regime because of her support for the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). During her years in prison, despite the torture and mistreatment of prison authorities, Marjan remained persistent in her ide ......Read more

President Ilham Aliyev addressed the meeting. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva have attended the inauguration of "Shah Abbas" and "Ughurlu Khan" caravanserai complex in Ganja after restoration. The head of state and first lady w ......Read more

Instagram is home to a number of Instagrammers who build and cater to niche communities. Makeup experts, travelers, models, photographers, bakers,...Read more

He started working when he was 14 to help out his family, doing everything from carpentry to working at a ...Read more

Almost everything in this day and age is most probably mass produced with machines and technology playing a big part in its production, manufacturing and distribution to increase efficiency and reliability while reducing cost....Read more

In a TV interview, Maleki said the explosion occurred as gas canisters caught fire in the clinic's basement. Some of the victims "were in upper floors in operation rooms, who were either patients being operated on or those with them," he said. "They unfortunately lost their lives...Read more

Animals put on trial were almost invariably either domesticated ones (most often pigs, but also bulls, horses, and cows) or pests such as rats and weevils....Read more

After months of misery, cabin fever, sheer boredom, and the surprising allure of staying in, the world is slowly returning to normal. With Germany, Finland, Austria, Italy, Spain, and more European countries easing their quarantine restrictions, the end feels closer than ever....Read more

The roots of the war lay in the overthrow of the centrist government of President Mohammad Daud Khan in April 1978 by left-wing military officers...Read more