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Taleqan County
Taleqan County ( fa, شهرستان طالقان) is located in Alborz province, Iran. The capital of the county is Taleqan, formerly Shahrak. At the 2006 census, the county's population as a part of Savojbolagh County in Tehran province was 25,781, in 7,574 households. Retrieved 15 November 2022 It was separated from Savojbolagh County. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 16,815, in 6,354 households. The area is known for its mild, sunny summers and cold winters. Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar is quoted as saying of Taleqan weather: ''Har che dar Tehran harf ast, dar inja barf ast'' (As much as there is politics in Tehran, there is snow here). Administrative divisions Notable people Politics: * Ayatollah Seyed Mahmoud Taleghani, Iranian Revolutionary Leader * Heshmat Taleqani, a leader in Jungle Movement of Gilan Science: * Maryam Mirzakhani first female Fields Medalist * Reza Mansouri, Physicist * Reza Shabani، Historian * Mostafa Ronaghi, Molecular Biologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alborz Province
Alborz Province ( fa, استان البرز, ''Ostān-e Alborz'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran.Majlis extends term of councils, votes for new province Tehran Times, Retrieved on 24 June 2010. is the seat of the province, which is situated 10 km west of , at the foothills of the . It is Iran's smallest province in area. At the time of the 2006 National Census, the districts that were later to form the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmoud Taleghani
Sayyid Mahmoud Alaee Taleghani ( fa, محمود طالقانی, , also Romanized as Seyed Mahmūd Tāleqānī; 5 March 1911 – 9 September 1979) was an Iranian theologian, Muslim reformer, democracy advocate and a senior Shi'a Islamic Scholar and thinker of Iran. Taleghani was a contemporary of the Iranian Revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and a leader in his own right of the movement against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. A founding member of the Freedom Movement of Iran, he has been described as a representative of the tendency of many "Shia clerics to blend Shia with Marxist ideals in order to compete with leftist movements for youthful supporters" during the 1960s and 1970s. His "greatest influence" has been said to have been in "his teaching of Quranic exegesis," as many later revolutionaries were his students.Bakhash, Shaul, ''Reign of the Ayatollahs'' (1984), p. 168 He was notably Tehran's first Friday Prayer Imam after the Iranian Revolution. Biography an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gholam Hossein Amirkhani
Gholam Hossein Amirkhani (استاد غلامحسین امیرخانی) is a Persian calligrapher, born in 1939 in Taleghan, Iran. He is the chief of Iran calligraphers council, which established in 1950. He became a member of the Iran Calligraphers Association in 1965 and was named as the master of Iranian calligraphy in 1979. In 2014, he held his first solo exhibition in 15 years, showing his latest works in Tehran's Sareban Gallery. In 2017 he was awarded Legion of Honor The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon .... References Iranian calligraphers Living people 1939 births People from Alborz Province Recipients of the Order of Culture and Art Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame recipients in Visual Arts Recipients of the Legion of Honour {{Iran-artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdol Majid Taleqani
Abdol Majid Taleqani ( fa, عبدالمجید طالقانی; –1771/2) was an eminent Iranian calligrapher of the 18th century. He was the most celebrated 18th-century calligrapher of the '' Shekasteh'' form of Nastaliq, and is also credited with turning the ''Shekasteh'' script into its definitive form. Biography Taleqani was born in the Taleqan district of Qazvin (now Alborz Province) in Afsharid Iran. He pursued education at a young age in the city of Isfahan, the former royal capital of Safavid Iran. Due to Taleqani's ascetic character, he is also known as Darvish Abdol Majid ("Abdol Majid the Dervish"). He died in Isfahan in 1771/2. Calligraphy The '' Shekasteh'' script, which fuses features from taliq and Nastaliq, emerged at the Safavid court circles in the 17th century. At the time, the script was used for correspondence. Taleqani's calligraphy teacher is unknown, but Taleqani's works were reportedly of even higher quality than that of Mohammad Shafi al-Hosayni (died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalal Al-e-Ahmad
Seyyed Jalāl Āl-e-Ahmad ( fa, جلال آلاحمد; December 2, 1923September 9, 1969) was a prominent Iranian novelist, short-story writer, translator, philosopher, socio-political critic, Sociology, sociologist, as well as an Anthropology, anthropologist who was "one of the earliest and most prominent of contemporary Iranian Ethnography, ethnographers". He popularized the term ''gharbzadegi'' – variously translated in English as "westernstruck", "westoxification", and "Occidentosis" –, producing a holistic ideological Anti-Western sentiment, critique of the West "which combined strong themes of Frantz Fanon and Karl Marx, Marx". Personal life Jalal was born in Tehran, into a religious family – his father was a cleric – "originally from the village of Aurazan in the Taleqan County, Taliqan district bordering Mazandaran in northern Iran, and in due time Jalal was to travel there, exerting himself actively for the welfare of the villagers and devoting to them the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darvish Khan
Darvish Khan ( fa, درویشخان , Gholam Hossein Darvish; 1872 – 22 November 1926) was a Persian classical musician and a tar player.http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news.aspx?id=44944 Biography Darvish Khan was born in Tehran. His teachers included his father and Aqa Hossein-Qoli Farahani. He was a member of the Aziz Soltan music group. Later, he attended the Dar ol-Fonoon Music School. He played a concert at the Grand Hotel of Tehran with other great masters of Persian music of his time, including Aref Qazvini. Darvish left for London and Tbilisi to record. He died at the age of 54, on 22 November 1926, in an accident. His carriage was hit by a lorry automobile which was very rare at that time. It is said that he was the first Iranian to be killed in a car accident. See also *Music of Iran * List of Iranian musicians This is a list of Iranian (Persian) musicians and musical groups. Classical Persian classical/traditional *Moein * Homayoun Shajari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amir-Bahman Bagheri
Amir-Bahman Bagheri ( fa, امیربهمن باقری) was an Iranian military officer. Having previously served as the deputy commander of air defense unit in early 1979, he commanded the Air Force from August 1979 to July 1980. In 1980, he was briefly arrested and removed from the office. Bagheri was arrested again in February 1981 on charges of "complicity" with the Americans in the Operation Eagle Claw. In July 1985, he was sentenced to life imprisonment Life imprisonment is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted people are to remain in prison for the rest of their natural lives or indefinitely until pardoned, paroled, or otherwise commuted to a fixed term. Crimes for .... References {{NAHAJA Commanders Commanders of Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valiollah Fallahi
, birth_date=1931 , death_date= , birth_place= Kulej, Taleghan County, Iran , death_place=Kahrizak District, Iran , image=Chief of Staff General Valiollah Fallahi.JPG , caption= Brigadier General Valiollah Fallahi , nickname= , allegiance= Iran , branch= Ground Force , serviceyears=1951–1981 , rank = Brigadier general , commands= Ground ForceJoint Staff , unit= 92nd Armored Division , battles= , laterwork= , awards= Order of Nasr Valiollah Fallahi fa, ولی الله فلاحی (1931 – 29 September 1981) was a military officer and prominent figure during the Iran–Iraq War. Career Fallahi served as commander ground forces. Until June 1980 he was the deputy commander of joint staff. He was appointed by Abolhassan Bani Sadr as joint chief of staff in June 1980. Death On 29 September 1981, he died along with several other top commanders, including General Javad Fakouri (Air Force Commander), General Yousef Kolahdouz (Acting Commander of the Revolutionary Guards), Colone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mostafa Ronaghi
Mostafa Ronaghi ( fa, مصطفی رونقی; born 1968) is an Iranian molecular biologist, specializing in DNA sequencing methodology. He earned his Ph.D. from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden in 1998. , he is the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President at Illumina. Prior to this position, he was a principal investigator and Senior Research Associate at the Stanford Genome Technology Center at Stanford University, focusing on developing analytical techniques for molecular diagnostics. He is principal investigator for several grants including grants from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health for the development of array-based Pyrosequencing. In 1998, he described together with Pål Nyren anMathias Uhlena solution-based variant of the pyrosequencing Pyrosequencing is a method of DNA sequencing (determining the order of nucleotides in DNA) based on the "sequencing by synthesis" principle, in which t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reza Shabani
Reza is a Persian name, originating from the Arabic word , ''Riḍā'', which literally means "the fact of being pleased or contented; contentment, approval". In religious context, this name is interpreted as ''satisfaction'' or "''perfect contentment'' with God's will or decree". The name is neutral and not one used only by a particular sect, and is used widely by Iranians, Arab Christians and Arab Druze. According to Annemarie Schimmel, "riḍā is closely related to shukr"; "shukr" is an Arabic term denoting thankfulness and gratitude. Given name Religion * Ali al-Ridha, Eighth Shia Ithna Ashari Imam. * Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Academics * Reza Afshari, Iranian historian * Reza Davari Ardakani, Iranian philosopher * Reza Ghadiri, Iranian-American chemist * Reza Iravani, Iranian academic * Rida Khawaldeh, Jordanian academic * Reza Malekzadeh, Iranian physician * Reza Mansouri, Iranian physicist * Reza Olfati-Saber, Iranian roboticist * Rida Said, Syrian physician * Rı ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reza Mansouri
Reza Mansouri ( fa, رضا منصوری, born 1948) is an Iranian physicist and a retired professor of physics at Sharif University of Technology. Biography Reza Mansouri received his Ph.D. in 1972 from the University of Vienna under the supervision of Roman Ulrich Sexl. He also spent five years as an Assistant Professor there. He served as Deputy Science Minister from 2001 to 2005, and is one of Iran's influential scientific policymakers. Without his efforts, Iran would not have been able to participate in international scientific collaborations such as SESAME (Middle-East Synchrotron) and the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator at CERN in Geneva. Mansouri has a number of publications focusing on scientific development in Iran. He has received scientific honors, including the prestigious Abdus Salam prize. He is presently a visiting professor at McGill University. Mansouri has served as the president of The Physical Society of Iran. He is one of the founders of Instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fields Medalist
The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The name of the award honours the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields. The Fields Medal is regarded as one of the highest honors a mathematician can receive, and has been described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics, although there are several major differences, including frequency of award, number of awards, age limits, monetary value, and award criteria. According to the annual Academic Excellence Survey by ARWU, the Fields Medal is consistently regarded as the top award in the field of mathematics worldwide, and in another reputation survey conducted by IREG in 2013–14, the Fields Medal came closely after the Abel Prize as the second most prestigious international award in mathematics. The prize includes a monetary award which, since 2006, has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
