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Radio Zamaneh
Radio Zamaneh () is an Amsterdam-based Persian language exile news platform and former radio broadcaster with a leftist approach. "Zamaneh" is the Persian literary term for "time". Radio Zamaneh is an independent Persian-language exile media and former radio broadcaster that was founded in 2005, after the parliament of The Netherlands passed a resolution calling for support to free Iranian media. Radio Zamaneh is the recipient of various Human Rights and Press Freedom grants, with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Union being amongst the major contributors. The broadcaster's content is provided by Radio Zamaneh's Persian-speaking, almost all Iranian editorial staff and contributors. Radio Zamaneh is an independent broadcasting organization, registered as a non-profit organization in the Netherlands, with its headquarters and studio in Amsterdam. Radio Zamaneh, criticized by some as a leftist outlet with anti-Western biases, frequently criticizes NATO, the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of 2024, San Francisco is the List of California cities by population, fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population, 17th-most populous in the United States. San Francisco has a land area of at the upper end of the San Francisco Peninsula and is the County statistics of the United States, fifth-most densely populated U.S. county. Among U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2023. San Francisco anchors the Metropolitan statistical area#United States, 13th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S., with almost 4.6 million residents in 2023. The larger San Francisco Bay Area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikahang Kowsar
Nikahang Kowsar (; born 1969), also known as The Dung Beetle is an Iranian-Canadian cartoonist, journalist, and blogger, currently living in Washington, D.C., US. Kowsar was also a reformist candidate for the second term of city council of Tehran in 2003, an election won by the conservative candidates of Abadgaran. He studied Geology in the University of Tehran, and joined Gol-Agha, an Iranian political satire magazine as a cartoonist in 1991. He worked for Hamshahri from 1992 to 1998, and was a member of Newspapers such as "Zan", "Aftab-e Emrooz", "Sobh-e Emrooz", "Akhbar-e Eghtesadi", "Azad", "Bahar", "Bonyan", "Doran-e Emrooz", "Nosazi", "Hayate No", "Abrar-e Eghteadi", "Hambastegi", "Farhang-e Ashti". Most of these papers were banned by Saeed Mortazavi. He was arrested in Feb. 2000 for drawing a cartoon and spent 6 days at the Evin Prison in Tehran. Crocodile Cartoon Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi's nickname comes from a cartoon portraying "Professor Crocodile", a "reptilian aca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamshid Barzegar
Jamshid Barzegar ( ), born 20 August 1971 in Hamedan, Iran, is an Iranian poet and writer. He began his job as a journalist in 1991, issued his first book in 1994, and was the editor of the newspaper Hambastegi "Solidarity". It was the last news activity he did in Iran. He published four books on poetry, and published dozens of novels in the field of literary criticism and hundreds of articles in the field of literature and political analysis. He also authored seven documentaries that touched on the life and works of contemporary poets and writers in Iran. He is also the brother of the famous Iranian director and producer, Majid Barzegar. Since January 2018, Barzegar has been head of the Deutsche Welle Persian Service. Educational background He graduated in 1990 from the University of Tehran College of Law and Political Science in political science. He obtained his master's degree in 1994 with honors and presented his thesis in the master's title "The non-transformation of polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad-Reza Nikfar
Mohammad-Reza (, also spelled as Mohammad Reza, or Mohammadreza) is a popular male given name in Iran. ''Mohammad'' and ''Reza'' are both Arabic names which are popular in the whole Muslim world. However, the usage of the compound given name ''Mohammad-Reza'' is mostly popular in the modern Iran (mostly among those who are born after 1926, when Reza Shah was crowned and his son, Mohammad-Reza, became the crown prince). People * Mohammad-Reza Adelkhani * Mohammad-Reza Amin * Mohammad-Reza Aref * Mohammad-Reza Bahonar * Mohammad-Reza Bateni * Mohammad Reza Eskandari * Mohammad-Reza Foroutan * Mohammad Reza Golzar * Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani * Mohammad-Reza Hafeznia * Mohammad-Reza Hedayati * Mohammad-Reza Heidarian * Mohammad-Reza Honarmand * Mohammad Reza Jozi * Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (footballer, born 1948) * Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (footballer, born 1983) * Mohammad-Reza Khatami * Mohammad-Reza Lotfi * Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi * Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani * Mohammad Reza M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbas Maroufi
Abbas Maroufi (, 17 May 1957 in Sangsar– 1 September 2022 in Berlin) was an Iranian novelist and journalist. His most famous novel is ''Symphony of the Dead''. Abbas Maroufi studied dramatic arts at Tehran University The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ... while teaching at schools and writing for the newspapers. He served as the editor-in-chief of the literary ''Gardun'' magazine from 1990 to 1995. His first published work was a collection of short stories entitled ''Into the Sun''. He also wrote a few plays which were performed on stage. In his ''The Last Superior Generation'', he touched on social themes. His last collection of short stories, ''The Scent of the Jasmine'' was published in the United States. Maroufi came to prominence with the publication of ''Sympho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahrokh Golestan
Shahrukh, Shahrokh or Shah Rukh () is a Persian name meaning "royal face" (''shah'' means "king", while ''rukh'' means "face"). It may refer to: Historical *Shah Rukh (1377–1447), ruler of the Timurid empire * Shahrukh Bey (), first Khan of Kokand Khanate *Shahrukh Afshar (c. 1730–1796), Iranian king * Shahruh Mehmed (died 1510), Dulkadirid prince and statesman *Shahrukh of Shirvan, Shirvanshah from 1535 to 1538 Given name * Shahrokh Meskoob (1924–2005), Iranian writer * Shahrukh Husain (born 1950), Pakistani author *Shahrokh Bayani (born 1960), Iranian footballer *Shah Rukh Khan (born 1965), Indian actor, producer, television personality and philanthropist * Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam (born 1967), Iranian folkloric dancer and theatre director *Shahrokh Shahid (1949-2023), Iranian singer *Shahrukh Murtazaev (born 1994), Uzbek Producer *Shahrukh Khan (born 1995), Indian cricketer *Shahrokh Razmjou, Iranian Archaeologist & Historian Surname *Seyyed Ahmad Reza Shahrokhi (born 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran
Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9.8 million in the city as of 2025, and 16.8 million in the metropolitan area, Tehran is the List of largest cities of Iran, most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, the Largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East, second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East after Cairo, and the 24th most populous metropolitan area in the world. Greater Tehran includes several municipalities, including, Karaj, Eslamshahr, Shahriar, Tehran province, Shahriar, Qods, Iran, Qods, Malard, Golestan, Tehran, Golestan, Pakdasht, Qarchak, Nasimshahr, Parand, Pardis, Andisheh and Fardis. In the classical antiquity, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Rhages (now Ray, Iran, Ray), a prominent Medes, Median city almost entirely des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Prague metropolitan area, metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people. Prague is a historical city with Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Czech Gothic architecture, Gothic, Czech Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Czech Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian Reformation, Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cologne
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn Region, Cologne Bonn urban region. Cologne is also part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Centered on the left bank of the Rhine, left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is located on the River Rhine (Lower Rhine), about southeast of the North Rhine-Westphalia state capital Düsseldorf and northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. The city's medieval Cologne Cathedral () was the History of the world's tallest buildings#Churches and cathedrals: Tallest buildings between the 13th and 20th century, world's talles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union. The city is also one of the states of Germany, being the List of German states by area, third smallest state in the country by area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, and Brandenburg's capital Potsdam is nearby. The urban area of Berlin has a population of over 4.6 million and is therefore the most populous urban area in Germany. The Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region, as well as the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, fifth-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
