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Kheiron plays the role of his father, Hibat Tabib, born in Iran, convicted for his political opinions under the Shah. Continuing to fight for democracy with his young wife Fereshteh under the new repressive Iranian regime of the Ayatollah Khomeini, they are finally forced to leave their country for security reasons, taking their son Manouchehr to live in France.
The Cow (1969 film) The Cow. (1969 film) The Cow (Persian: گاو, Gāv, Gaav, or Gav) is a 1969 Iranian film directed by Dariush Mehrjui, written by Gholam-Hossein Saedi based on his own play and novel, and starring Ezzatolah Entezami as Masht Hassan. Some critics consider it the first film of the Iranian New Wave. [1][2][3]
Che (Persian: چ) is a 2014 Iranian biographical war film directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia. Che depicts 48 hours of the life of Mostafa Chamran, who was then defense minister of Iran. On August 16 and 17, 1979 he was sent by Ayatollah Khomeini to command several military operations in the civil war in the Kordestan region which was besieged by ...
Argo is a 2012 American biographical historical drama thriller film directed, produced by, and starring Ben Affleck.The screenplay, written by Chris Terrio, was adapted from the 1999 memoir The Master of Disguise by U.S. C.I.A. operative Tony Mendez and the 2007 Wired article "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran" [3] written by Joshuah Bearman ...
The Egyptian Jihadist ideologue Sayyid Qutb was an important source of influence to Khomeini and the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The Islamic Republic of Iran under Khomeini honoured Qutb's "martyrdom" by issuing an iconic postage stamp in 1984, and before the revolution prominent figures in the Khomeini network translated Qutb's works into Persian.
14 February 1989: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issues a fatwa calling on all Muslims to execute all those involved in the publication of the novel; the 15 Khordad Foundation, an Iranian religious foundation or bonyad, offers a reward of $1 million USD or 200 million rials for the murder of Rushdie, $3 million if done by an Iranian.
Ayatollah Khomeini died on 3 June 1989. His funeral was the biggest funeral in recorded history as eleven million people attended it. The Bitter Dawn is a 1988 film by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh. It is a story about a young boy who is very interested in taking photos and while learning how to take pictures academically, he tries to experience it himself.
Iranium. Iranium is a 2011 documentary film by director Alex Traiman, Written and Distributed by Clarion Fund. The film discusses Iranian foreign policy and Iran – United States relations, including the Iran hostage crisis and the 1979 Iranian Revolution and takeover by Ayatollah Khomeini. [1]