Tehran Embassy of Czechoslovakia 1971: Lily Amir Arjomand Receives Cultural Medal Award. Lily Amir Arjomand was Managing Director of the Institute For The Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (Kanoon).
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HERITAGE
Achaemenid Iran & Alexander
Iran’s ancient history may be difficult to grasp through modern perception especially with the Western mainstream knowledge of the Roman Empire, scholars are exposing an impressively liberal and powerful administration without boundaries. The establishment of Achaemenid Iran was the alliance of Iranian tribes in 539 BC when Cyrus the Great became King of the known world. Iran did not have one administrative centre: there was no single capital. The Royal cities of Susa, Persepolis, Babylon, Ekbatana and Sardis were all political, economic and military centres of the known world with the exception of Persepolis which was mostly a ceremonial capital for religious events
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Please write to the following Iranian authorities regarding Zainab Jalalian's case and asking for her sentence to be overturned and a new, impartial trial
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Iran's Royals met enthusiastically by schoolgirls and their teachers during a surprise visit to a local school in the country. (circa 1970's)
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The Free Keys emerged from Tehran's music underground to international acclaim in the Cannes award winning film, No One Knows About the Persian Cats
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Iran did not make it to the World Cup and many reports went out that major key stars on Team Melli were "retired
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