| On 25 January 2011 extensive civil unrest and rioting began in Egypt. Despite violence, the situation seemed more controlled chiefly through the moderating effects of the army’s presence on the street.
The protesters appeared to have a clear objective — the removal of Mubarak’s regime. » » » Continue reading Sarein springs is heated by inactive volcano in mount Sabalan, Iran’s second highest mountain. Its water contains sulphur particles and it is believed that it is good for bone and joint pains.
1990’s earthquake caused some of the springs to get colder or hotter. » » » Continue reading 
MooFerferia (curly-hair in Persian) Facebook community has about 8000 members worldwide, and for the first time gathered in Tehran’s Nation Park in January 2011 for a few hours before they were asked to leave by park police. There are still ongoing debates to find out if curly hair cools or heats the brain better than straight hair! » » » Continue reading Feb. 2 – Feb. 27, 2011
SLAC proudly presents the World Premiere of The Persian Quarter by Kathleen Cahill. A diplomatic crisis and a chance encounter trigger revelations of a shared past. The play unfolds on the final day of the Iranian hostage crisis in 1980 Tehran with Anne, an American hostage and Shirin, an Iranian revolutionary student who is one of her captors. » » » Continue reading Tehran – Henna Art Gallery Jan. 21 – Feb. 4 2011
Laleh Ardestani, following a period of expressive show casing of humanly bodies full of emotion, has now taken up a more abstract view. Although one can still see faded shadows of human body mixed in an entangled mass of centric compositions, but in the implementations of her ideal private spaces, this time she chooses a more vague language. » » » Continue reading The new MP for Stockholm’s Solna constituency.
Hanif Bali’s family fled from political persecution in Iran, but the protection in neighbouring Iraq was short-lived. When the second Gulf War broke out, Hanif’s parents sent him to safety in Sweden with human smugglers. He landed in Stockholm, exposed and alone. » » » Continue reading Compiled By: Firouzeh Mirrazavi, Deputy Editor of Iran Review
Each year on December a religious celebration is held at the site of Rumi’s tomb, to which tens of thousands of pilgrims come. In the shrine there is a silver plated step on which the followers of Mowlana rub their foreheads and place kisses. This area is usually cordoned off but is opened for these devotional actions during the December pilgrimage festivities. » » » Continue reading The lake (in northwestern Iran) is named after the provincial capital city of Urmia, originally a Syriac name meaning city of water.
Lake Urmia has 102 islands, the second largest island, Kaboudi, is the burial place of Hulagu Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan. » » » Continue reading Iran’s score has decreased from last year, driven by lower scores in freedom from corruption, trade freedom, and labor freedom.
Heavy state interference in many aspects of private economic activity has resulted in economic stagnation in Iran’s non-oil sector and a serious lack of overall economic dynamism. A restrictive business and investment environment continues to hamper private-sector development. More than 500 companies remain state-owned, and privatization has been negligible in the past year. » » » Continue reading Jan 22-29 2011 Salt Lake City Categories: U.S. Dramatic Competition
Synopsis – A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager’s growing sexual rebellion and her brother’s dangerous obsession. Maryam Keshavarz (born in New York, United States) is an Iranian-American filmmaker. » » » Continue reading January 19 2011
The Commonwealth Club will be hosting Abbas Milani in San Francisco. Abbas Milani, Co-Director of the Iran Democracy Project and author of The Shah, will reveal the complex and sweeping road that has brought the U.S. and Iran to where they are today. » » » Continue reading Hedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play premiered in 1891 in Germany to negative reviews, but has subsequently gained recognition as a classic of realism, nineteenth century theatre, and world drama.
Hedda Gabler was translated to Persian and directed by Vahid Rahbani. » » » Continue reading Mount Tochal is a mountain in the Alborz range and a ski resort adjacent to metropolitan Tehran, Iran.
The mountain has a 12 km long ridgeline. The highest peak, also called Mount Tochal, is at an elevation of 3,964 m (13,005 feet). » » » Continue reading Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh (born March 1942), was the last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989, and later he developed his passion for painting and writing poetry.
Mousavi served as the president of the Iranian Academy of Arts until 2009 when conservative authorities removed him due to his 2009 election candidacy and protest. » » » Continue reading De Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) in Amsterdam will present highlights from one of the world’s most renowned collections of Islamic art.
Passion for Perfection will include some 500 objects from the collection of Professor Nasser D. Khalili. From 11 December 2010 to 17 April 2011, De Nieuwe Kerk will glitter with richly illuminated Qur’ans and manuscripts, paintings, gold, jewels, textiles, ceramics, glassware, lacquerware, metalwork, and wood carvings. » » » Continue reading Alireza Pahlavi, 44, the youngest son of the former Shah of Iran, died Tuesday morning Jan. 4 2011 at his home in Boston, Massachusetts.
Ali-Reza Pahlavi was born on 28 April 1966. He lived in the U.S. where he received a Bachelor’s degree from Princeton University, a Masters of Arts degree from Columbia University, and studied at Harvard University as a Ph.D. student in ancient Iranian studies and philology. » » » Continue reading | |