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Behzad Farahani
Behzad Farahani ( fa, بهزاد فراهانی; born ) is an Iranian actor and screenwriter. He is the father of actresses Shaghayegh Farahani and Golshifteh Farahani. Early and personal life Farahani was born in Arak, Iran. He is married to stage actress Fahimeh Rahiminia. His daughters are Iranian actresses Shaghayegh Farahani, Golshifteh Farahani, and Azarakhsh Farahani. Filmography * ''Violent Punishment'', 1971 * ''Journey of the Stone'', 1978 * ''Wage'', 1989 * ''Zero Heights'', 1993 * ''Years of Restlessness'', 1994 * ''The Kind Moon'', 1995 * ''Tootia'', 1998 * '' Sheida'', 1999 * ''Grey'', 2000 * ''Killing Mad Dogs ''Killing Mad Dogs'' ( fa, سگ كشی, romanized: Sagkoshi) is a 2001 Iranian drama film directed by Bahram Bayzai. Plot A businessman in late-1980s Tehran, Nasser Moasser, discovers that his partner has been laundering money and flees th ...'', 2001 References External links * 1945 births Living people Iranian male actors Iranian radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arak, Iran
Arak ( fa, اراک, ''Arâk''; ) is the capital of Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 526,182, in 160,761 families. The city is nicknamed the "Industrial Capital of Iran". As a major industrial city, Arak hosts several industrial factories inside and within a few kilometers outside the city, including the factory of Machine Sazi Arak and the Iranian Aluminium Company. These factories produce nearly half of the needs of the country in steel, petrochemical, and locomotive industries. As an industrial city in a developing country, Arak suffers from air pollution. Etymology Arâk The term ''Arâk'' remains from a name given to the region since the medieval period. It derives from Arabic '' al-ʿIrāq'', meaning "root", itself derived possibly from Akkadian ''Uruk'' ( he, אֶרֶךְ, ''Erech''). But new research has shown that the word Arak has the same roots with the words Iran and Arran, and the name Iraq is an Arabicized Persian word. During the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pahlavi Iran
The Imperial State of Iran ( fa, کشور شاهنشاهی ایران, ), also known as the Imperial State of Persia, was the official name of the Iranian state under the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty. It was formed in 1925 and lasted until 1979, when the Pahlavis were overthrown as a result of the Islamic Revolution, which abolished Iran's continuous monarchy and established the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran. The Pahlavi dynasty was founded in 1925 by Reza Shah, a former brigadier-general of the Persian Cossack Brigade. His reign lasted until 1941, when he was forced to abdicate by the Allies of World War II following the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran. He was succeeded by his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was the last Shah of Iran. The Pahlavis came to power after Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Iranian ruler under the Qajar dynasty, proved unable to stop encroachments on Iranian sovereignty by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, had his position extremely weakened b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaghayegh Farahani
Shaghayegh Farahani ( fa, شقایق فراهانی; born ) is an Iranian actress. She is the daughter of actor Behzad Farahani, and sister of actress Golshifteh Farahani. Early life Farahani was born Tehran, Iran. She is the oldest daughter of veteran Iranian actor Behzad Farahani and stage actress Fahimeh Rahiminia. Her sister is actress Golshifteh Farahani.Tehrani, Souraya"Hollywood postponed : Golshifteh Farahani has been prevented from heading to the US to discuss future film roles" Guardian (UK), Friday 22 August 2008. Career Some of her other works include ''Tootia'' (1998), ''Cinderella'' (2001), ''Butterfly in the Wind'' (2003), ''Charlatan'' (2004), ''The Trial'' (2006), '' Bahareh in the Rain'' (2008), ''The Sinners'' (2012), ''Metropol'' (2013) and ''Resurrection Day'' (''Hussein Who Said No'') (2014). She has appeared in a few TV productions, including ''The Pahlavi Hat'' (2012–2013), ''Matador'' (2013), ''Motherly'' (2013), ''A Beautiful Revolution'' (2014). P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golshifteh Farahani
Rahavard Farahani ( fa, رهاورد فراهانی; born 10 July 1983), known professionally as Golshifteh Farahani (), is an Iranian-French actress. She is known for her performances in ''M for Mother'' (2006), '' Body of Lies'' (2008), ''About Elly'' (2009), ''The Patience Stone'' (2012), '' Paterson'' (2016), ''Girls of the Sun'' (2018), and '' Extraction'' (2020). She was nominated for the Most Promising Actress Award for ''The Patience Stone'' at the 2014 César Awards. Early life Farahani was born in Tehran, Iran. She is the daughter of Behzad Farahani, a theatre director and actor, and Fahimeh Rahim Nia. Her sister is actress Shaghayegh Farahani. Golshifteh began studying music and piano at the age of five, and later entered a music school in Tehran. At 14, she was cast as the lead in Dariush Mehrjui's '' The Pear Tree'', a role for which she won the Crystal Roc for Best Actress from the International Section of the 16th Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. It covers an area of , making it the 17th-largest country. Iran has a population of 86 million, making it the 17th-most populous country in the world, and the second-largest in the Middle East. Its largest cities, in descending order, are the capital Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz, and Tabriz. The country is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BC. It was first unified by the Medes, an ancient Iranian people, in the seventh century BC, and reached its territorial height in the sixth century BC, when Cyrus the Great fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tootia
Tootia ( fa, طوطیا) is a 1998 Iranian drama film written by Alireza Davood Nejad and directed by Iraj Ghaderi. Plot ''Shaghayegh'' (Shaghayegh Farahani), the CEO of a cooperative, needs more money to build a specialized pediatric medical complex. Shaghayegh's husband, ''Siavash'' (Fariborz Arabnia), will have taking a doctoral exam, But ''Shaghayegh'' leaves the housework to him. ''Siavash'' protests, The dispute escalates and ''Shaghayegh'' angrily goes to her father's house. ''Siavash'' takes care of ''Tootia'' (Aida Motallebi), But one day, ''Tootia'' falls from a height for fear of his father and suffers from a disability and ... Cast * Fariborz Arabnia * Shaghayegh Farahani * Afsaneh Bayegan * Behzad Farahani * Afsaneh Naseri * Aida Motallebi * Ali Sartipi * Armin Vareszadeh * Fatemeh Taheri * Morteza NikKhah Awards and nominations 17nd Fajr International Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بینالمللی فی ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheida (Iranian Film)
''Sheida'' is a 1999 film by the Iranian director Kamal Tabrizi. It was scripted by Reza Maghsoodi and lensed by Mohammad Aladpoush. Leila Hatami, Parsa Pirouzfar and Behzad Farahani starred in the film. Set in the context of the Iran-Iraq war, ''Sheida'' is an example of the Sacred Defence genre of Iranian cinema. Cast * Leila Hatami * Parsa Pirouzfar * Behzad Farahani * Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia * Gohar Kheirandish * Kamand Amirsoleimani Komand ( fa, كمند, also Romanized as Kamand) is a village in Poshtkuh Rural District, in the Central District of Firuzkuh County, Tehran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, ... * Nadia Deldargolchin References {{reflist Iran–Iraq War films Iranian war films Films directed by Kamal Tabrizi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Mad Dogs
''Killing Mad Dogs'' ( fa, سگ كشی, romanized: Sagkoshi) is a 2001 Iranian drama film directed by Bahram Bayzai. Plot A businessman in late-1980s Tehran, Nasser Moasser, discovers that his partner has been laundering money and flees the city with the police on his trail. One year later, his wife, Golrokh Kamali, returns from a long absence to find that her husband is gone and that she has been left to resolve his many debts. Eventually, she meets with her husband's old partner, Javad Moghadam, and learns the truth about his disappearance. Cast * Mojdeh Shamsaie - Golrokh * Majid Mozaffari - Nasser Moasser * Reza Kianian - Javad Moghadam * Dariush Arjmand - Hajji Naghdi * Ahmad Najafi - Tayeri * Mitra Hajjar - Fereshteh * Hasan Pourshirazi Hasan Pourshirazi ( fa, حسن پورشیرازی; born 1957) is an Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Births
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Russians. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army. * January 13 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in East Pruss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Iranian Male Actors
Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages * Iranian diaspora, Iranian people living outside Iran * Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia * Iranian foods, list of Iranian foods and dishes * Iranian.com, also known as ''The Iranian'' and ''The Iranian Times'' See also * Persian (other) * Iranians (other) * Languages of Iran * Ethnicities in Iran * Demographics of Iran * Indo-Iranian languages * Irani (other) * List of Iranians This is an alphabetic list of notable people from Iran or its historical predecessors. In the news * Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran * Ebrahim Raisi, president of Iran, former Chief Justice of Iran. * Hassan Rouhani, former president o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iranian Radio Actors
Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages * Iranian diaspora, Iranian people living outside Iran * Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia * Iranian foods, list of Iranian foods and dishes * Iranian.com, also known as ''The Iranian'' and ''The Iranian Times'' See also * Persian (other) * Iranians (other) * Languages of Iran * Ethnicities in Iran * Demographics of Iran * Indo-Iranian languages * Irani (other) * List of Iranians This is an alphabetic list of notable people from Iran or its historical predecessors. In the news * Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran * Ebrahim Raisi, president of Iran, former Chief Justice of Iran. * Hassan Rouhani, former president of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
