Persian Realm

Shah and Sadat make joint statement in favor of Palestinian State (1975)

The Shah's State Visit to Egypt's Anwar Sadat two years prior to the Camp David Accords>>>

Jordan King in talks with Mahmoud Abbas on Palestinian statehood bid

King Abdullah arrived in Ramallah on Monday for a rare visit to the West Bank, as the Palestinians pursue statehood >>>

SITTING PRETTY: Will Morocco’s Elections Reduce The King's Powers?

Moroccans elect a new lower house of parliament on November 25th, billed as laying the foundations for a fully-fledged constitutional monarchy>>>

OCCUPY WALL STREET: Fareed Zakaria Hosts Heated Debate Between Ferguson & Sachs

REZA's CALL: "Don't Bomb My Country" say's Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi insists that it is very important to exert pressure on the IRI but also help the opposition towards uniting their forces>>>

POINT DE VUE: Shahbanou Farah Presents Her grandaughter Iryana

Princess Iryana, The daughter of the late Prince Ali Reza and Miss Raha Didevar, was born on July 26th. A few days ago, Shahbanou Farah was able to see her fourth granddaughter>>>

WE ARE AWAKE: Manoto TV Documentary on the 1971 Persepolis Celebrations

Manoto TV's Documentary interviews of the major actors including Shahbanou Farah of this groundbreaking event celebrating 25 centuries of Persian Monarchy >>>

THE LAST SPARTAN: Crown Prince Pavlos On Solving Greece's economic woes

CNN's Max Foster interviews Crown Prince Pavlos about the economic problems in Greece. Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece>>>

Jordan's King Abdullah Calls On Syria's President Assad to Step Down

Jordan's king has become the first Arab leader to openly say Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should stand down. King Abdullah's comments came in an exclusive BBC interview>>>

THE WEST & THE REST: Niall Ferguson on «Colbert Report» warns of America’s decline

Niall Ferguson explains that the U.S. economy has been the biggest in the world since 1872, but will be overtaken by China in 2016>>>

THE SHAH: Abbas Milani on Pejvak (Toronto TV)

Interview with Abbas Milani on Iranian Diaspora TV Pejvak speaks about his latest Book on the Shah. Talk done amidst events the upheaval in Egypt earlier this year>>>

BLUE BLOOD2: Rectification of Women's Identity in Photo With Princess Iryana

In my Blog entitled «BLUE BLOOD: First Glimpse at Prince Ali Reza's daughter in mother's Arms» I took the precaution of adding the note "pending confirmation" as to the identity of the woman & child>>>

Golshifteh Farahani Guest on French Prime Time News & Satrapi at Abu Dhabi Film Festival

Iranian Actress Golshifteh Farahani was the guest of Laurant Delahousse on Sunday’s Prime Time News to speak about the difficulties of working in Iran, her hopes of Freedom and democracy for Iran and the region>>>

LION HEART: Shahbanou Farah Opens International Lions Club In Tehran(1961)

The First Lion Club was inaugurated in 1961 by Iran's Empress Shahbanou Farah and by 1979 there were about 600 Lions Clubs all of which were disbanded after the Revolution>>>

VOA’s OFOGH: Abbas Milani & Majid Tafreshi On Iran’s Demands For WW2 Reparations

Iran President orders a team to calculate all damages inflicted on Iran in the 1941 Allied invasion>>>