Former President Richard Nixon explains his views about Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (the deposed Shah of Iran):/He discusses his view about Jimmy Carter, Iran and the hostage situation:/His views about Israel and the Jewish lobby, and why an American President must on occasion ...
The videos filmed in 1945 by an American soldier stationed in Tehran depict the lives of US troops and Tehran residents:/The US Army was stationed in Amir Abad:/The American Community school in Tehran:/Related to Tehran: /Related to History:
The history of Jewish people in Iran dates back to some 2500 years ago when Cyrus the Great, the Persian King (from 559 to 530 BC) conquered Babylon and liberated the Jews from captivity. He is venerated in the Hebrew Bible as Cyrus the Messiah for issuing the decree of liberation ...
The Jiroft civilization is an early Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC) archaeological location near Jiroft in the Halil River area bordering present-day Sistan and Baluchestan and Kermān Provinces of Iran. There is now emerging evidence that Jiroft civilization existed at least 2,000 ...
Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī or Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273) was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, ...
Published in 1721 by Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, "Persian Letters" (French: Lettres persanes) is a novel that recounted the experiences of two fictional Persian noblemen, Usbek and Rica, who spend several years in France under Louis XIV and the Regency. Persian ...
Culture and Society Blog, Kodoom.com /The historic city of Isfahan is among the most popular travel destinations in Iran during the Norooz (Persian New Year) spring holiday./Registered as a UNESCO's World Heritage site, Naqsh-e Jahan (which in Persian means the intaglio or ...
Culture Video Blog /A good video to share with non-Iranian English speaking friends about Persian/Iranian/Afghan/Kurdish New Year, Nowruz (or Norooz). Did you know that there is a joyous giving character associated with Norooz (similar to Santa Claus) called Uncle Nowruz?/This ...
Culture and Society Blog, Kodoom.com /An Elamite clay tablet was discovered within the Burnt City by a team of Iranian, Italian, and Serbian archeologists./The finding of such [clay] tablets is not unusual in Iran’s western areas, but leading Iranian archaeologist ...
Society and Culture Blog, Kodoom.com /There are still several large Iranian tribes that depend on a nomadic lifestyle. Nomads like Iran's Bakhtiari tribe, still seasonally migrate, as in ancient times, through treacherous mountain passes, deep gorges and jagged peaks./The ...
