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In late September, Shervin Hajipour sat down at his piano in his apartment in Iran. Protests had raged across the country for more than a week after the death of Mahsa Amini, arrested for how she wore her headscarf. But people were angry about so much more. On Sept. 28, Shervin posted a song that, […]
Chemical attacks on Iranian students is being cataloged by FDD on fdd.org/chemicalattacks The attacks began in November 2022, but it was only in March 2023 that the poisonings came to dominate the Iranian national psyche as the number of attacks increased and their geographical distribution spread. One hundred and four attacks occurred on March 6 […]
On February 21, 1994, at 3:00 p.m., a 54-year-old beautiful woman drove her car to Tajrish Square north of Tehran. Tajirsh Square was noisy and crowded. She stopped her car and walked to the Bazar of the Square. She first tore off her headscarf and emptied a gasoline can on her head.Then she shouted “Death […]
The Baha’í Faith was established in 1863 by Baha’u’llah in Qajar Persia. Baha’u’llah, a Babi who claimed to be the one foretold by the Bab, claimed a similar station for himself in 1863 as a Manifestation of God and as the promised figure foretold in the sacred scriptures of the major religious traditions of the […]
In the summer of 2020, Niloufar Bahadorifar, an expatriate Iranian in California, received a message from someone in her home country asking her to send money to the PayPal account of a person in Manhattan. Ms. Bahadorifar passed along $670 and forwarded proof of the transaction to Iran.The payment may have seemed unremarkable, but federal […]
1. Taarof Taarof is the customary back-and-forth of polite gestures used when giving and receiving gifts, food, money, and more. Similar to the “who pays the bill” charade in some cultures, it is done to show respect, hospitality, and reverence for elders, and politeness. Taarof is the most common in hospitality settings, where guests are […]
The history of Iranian cooking goes as far back as sixth century B.C. when Cyrus the Great established the Achaemenid Persian Empire which stretched from India to Egypt and parts of Greece. This vast territory unified a conduit of culture and cuisine, and native Persian ingredients such as saffron and rose water were spread throughout […]
The white revolution was a series of reforms resulting in aggressive modernization in Iran launched on 26 January 1963 by the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The reforms resulted in a great redistribution of wealth to Iran’s working class, explosive economic growth in subsequent decades, rapid urbanization, and deconstruction of Iran’s feudalist customs. The reforms were […]
Gol Koochik – Small NetGol Koochik in Persian spoken language,translates as “small goal” or small net) is a variation of street football (soccer) that has been popular in Iran.The goal is approximately 100 × 60 cm in size and the ball is light-weight which can look like a makeshift ball. Given the limited space and […]
