Tag Archive | Iran
Feb 1, 1979: Ayatollah Khomeini Returns to Iran
On February 1, 1979, the Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran in triumph after 15 years of exile. The shah and his family had fled the country two weeks before, and jubilant Iranian revolutionaries were eager to establish a fundamentalist Islamic government under Khomeini’s leadership. Born around the turn of the century, Ruhollah Khomeini was the [...]
Berlin Festival to Honor Iranian Filmmaker Panahi
The Berlin film festival says it will honor imprisoned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi with screenings of his movies and a panel discussion on censorship in Iran.
Dec 19, 2005: Ahmadinejad Bans All Western Music in Iranian State Television and Radio Broadcasts
The first known pronouncement by a public figure regarding the potential of popular music to act as a socially destabilizing force comes from the first century B.C., when none other than the great philosopher Plato wrote, “When the mode of the music changes, the walls of the city shake.” Many similar pronouncements have followed in [...]
