Persian Realm

pictory: Father and Son, Panama (1980)

Shah of Iran is visited in Panama by his eldest son, Crown Prince Reza, who is finishing his training as a Pilot in Texas.  A rare moment of intimacy between Father and Son during their uncertain exile.(circa 1979-1980) 

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pictory: Reza Shah II on US talk Show (Feb 1989)

A younger Crown Prince Reza makes first major appearance on US media networks on the tenth anniversary of the Islamic Revolution>>>

pictory: Boy Hangs paper cartoon effigy of Shah (1979)

A boy playfully hangs a "puppet" Shah as an anxious girl looks on in a crowd of veiled women. Tehran, Iran (circa 1979) >>>

Three destinies But One Fate: Reza Shah, Mossadegh, Mohamed Reza Shah

There is a tragic and yet Ironic similarity between these three photos of respectively Reza Shah the Great (Island of Maurice), Mossadegh (Home Exile, Tehran), Mohamed Reza Shah (In Panama)>>>

ROYALTY: Farah Goes Green ;0)

Queen Farah Pahlavi in a beautiful shot appears in a Green Cocktail Dress. (circa 1960's) >>>

MON CINEMA: The 300 Spartans aka The Lion of Sparta (1962)

The Original movie of the 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae that inspired Frank Miller's graphic novel was directed by Rudolph Maté and Starring Richard Egan as Leonidas and David Farrar as Persian King of Kings Xerxes. (circa 1962) >>>

pictory: Shah and Shahbanou arrive at the Paris Opera Garnier (1961)

Iran's Royal Couple elegantly arrive at the Opening Night at the Paris Opera. (Circa 1961)  >>>

MON CINEMA: Anicée (Alvina) Shahmanesh and Sean Bury in Friends (1971)

French Iranian actress Anicée Shahmanesh (known as Anicée Alvina) first breakthrough in films came with Lewis Gilbert's sweet semi erotic romance about two unhappy teenagers, who flee their homes for the French countryside to live their love as young adults. (circa 1971) >>>

Saeed Shafa and George Lucas at Tiburon International Film Festival

Director George Lucas, shakes hand with Saeed Shafa.Saeed Shafa is the Founder and Executive Director of the Tiburon International Film Festival (TIFF), which he founded in 2001

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Mossadegh a la recherche du Temps Perdu

I found a striking similarity in style and to some degree in the looks between the Young Mohamed Mossadegh ( during his Student Years in Pars) Former Prime Minister of Iran and French writer Marcel Proust. (crica ~1900's) >>>

pictory: Farah Pahlavi Weaving a Persian Carpet (1974)

Shahbanou Farah Promoting the Iranian Carpet Industry in a Publicity Still. (circa 1974) >>>

BOOK: Roloff Beny's Persia (1977)

Canadian Photographer Roloff Beny also published  two remarkable books in the 1970’s dedicated to Iran during the Pahlavi Era: Elements of Destiny and Persia: Bridge of Turquoise. >>>

pictory: Heated Debate between Abolhasan Banisadre and Fereidoune Sahebjam (1989)

Former President of Iran Abolhasan Banisadre and War Correspondent and former political prisoner under the Islamic Republic, Fereidoune Sahebjam debate on French Channel 5>>>

Republic VS Monarchy In Style ...

Royal Palace in Madrid on April 27, 2009. French President Sarkozy began his first state visit to Spain on April 27, but it was his pop star wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy who grabbed the spotlight>>>

French Talk Show: Bibliothèque Medicis With Reza Pahlavi

Bibliothèque Medicis hosted by Jean-Pierre Elkabbach with Reza Pahlavi, Philosopher Catherine Clément and Political Thinker Jacques Attali. (Video from Dailymotion) >>>