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A Short History of the F-4 Fighter-Bomber in the Iranian Air Force

By |September 6th, 2015|Categories: Military History 1900-Present|

The article below on the Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II Fighter-Bomber was originally posted in the IIAF website. Excepting one photo, all other photographs

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The “Other” Themistocles and Artaxerxes I: an Irony

By |August 27th, 2015|Categories: Achaemenid Military History, Achaemenids, Greece-Persia Links, Heritage, Iran and Europe|

This article discusses the "Other" side of Themistocles (c. 524–459 BCE), the Athenian general-politician who fought against the forces of Darius I (522-486 BCE) at

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Photos of Old Tehran: 1920s-1940s (Part II)

By |August 20th, 2015|Categories: Heritage, Iran, News, People of Iran and Origins, Turco-Iranian or Persianate Civilization|

The posting below is a continuation of a previous posting entitled "Photos of Old Tehran: 1920s-1940s (Part I)" ... ========================================================================= A dapper Tehran motorist circa mid-late

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A Tribute to the Popular Folklore Music of Central Asia, the Caucasus and Afghanistan

By |August 6th, 2015|Categories: Aghanistan, Heritage, Iran and Central Asia, Turco-Iranian or Persianate Civilization|

Below is a tribute to the musical artists of Central Asia, the Caucasus and Afghanistan from the 1960s-1980s. Musical artists from Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Central

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The Tachara (Winter Palace) of Persepolis

By |July 27th, 2015|Categories: Achaemenid Military History, Achaemenids, Heritage|

The article below by the late Shapur Shahbazi on the Tachara palace of Persepolis first appeared in the Encyclopedia Iranica on August 15, 2009 and was

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