Persian Realm

pictory: Ayatollah Khomeiny's Funeral Goes Wild (1989)

Hysterical scenes at the funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini as mourners tear the shroud to pieces and the body has to be airlifted out and buried later. Watch BBC Report >>>

HISTORY OF VIOLENCE:US Shoots Down Civilian Iran Air Flight 655 (1988)

Iran Air Flight 655, also known as IR655, was a civilian airliner shot down by the United States Navy on Sunday 3 July 1988, over the Strait of Hormuz. >>>

ROYALTY: Farah with Mickey & Minnie Mouse at Persian Resort (Florida 1978)

Two decades after her first visit , Shahbanou Farah visits Disneyland to promote the Disney Persian Resort Park Project that Disney Studios hoped to create at Walt Disney World Resort (circa 1978) >>>

BRAVO! Shohreh Aghdashloo - Emmy Awards 2009

Shohreh Aghdashloo proudly holds up her Emmy statue for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for House of Saddam at the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards>>>

pictory: New York Welcomes Shah of Iran (1960's)

Shah of Iran is greeted triumphically in New York before his State Visit to Washington D.C. to meet President John F. Kennedy (circa 1960's) >>>

ROYALTY AND THE PEOPLE: Farah and Quashgai Kids (1976)

Shahbanou Farah is greeted enthusiastically by Quashgai children from a remote villiage in Fars Province. (Circa 1976) >>>

ROYALTY: Princess in the Rain (1961)

Princess Soraya, the former wife of the Shah of Iran strolls happily through the Rain in Rome. (Circa 1961) >>>

PERSIAN DUBBING: Christopher Lee in the "Scars of Dracula" (1970)

A Hammer Production, The Scars of Dracula is a Horror Picture Starring Christopher Lee and directed by Roy Ward Baker. Watch a scene dubbed in Persian and Tremble ;0) >>>

DIPLOMATS: Chief of Protocol at Imperial Pahlavi Court (1950's)

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MON CINEMA: Asghar Farhadi's "About Elly" (2009)

I saw this film last weekend and was astonished by the emotional suspense, good acting and great cinematography which made me even forget it was an Iranian movie. The film is also an indirect tribute to Antonioni's L’Avventura. >>>

MON CINEMA: Khosro Sinai's "VIVA !" (1979)

Scene from Iranian filmmaker Khosrow Sinai's feature film based on the Revolution of 1979 entitled "VIVA !">>>

ROYALTY: Shah of Iran on Death Bed (1980)

Rare photo of the Shah of Iran on his death bed. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi died in Cairo, Egypt on July 27th, 1980 after a long battle against cancer and an uncertain journey in exile.

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ARISTOCRACY: Persian Aristocrats take a pose (1900's)

Seyed Mohammad Entezam-o-Saltaneh (left) with friends. (Early 1900's) >>>

PERSIAN DUBBING: Sinatra & Tony Franciosa in "Assault on a Queen" (1966)

A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the high seas>>>

COMIC RELIEF: An accident in Mosque ;0)

Very Funny Incident in a Mosque during prayers. >>>