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On September 3, 2025, Iran was in the midst of the Strait of Hormuz crisis. Following US and Israeli airstrikes on Iranian military and nuclear facilities , the strait was blocked …
Read eventOn September 3, 2021, with Iran on the eve of a presidential election and in the tense political atmosphere that followed, the day was relatively calm. However, scattered protests …
Read eventOn September 4, 2020, the arrest of Keyvan Emamverdi and the charges brought against him became one of the most important social news stories in Iran.This case gained widespread re…
Read eventMohammad Ali Keshavarz, veteran actor of Iranian cinema and television, passed away on September 3, 2019. He was one of the most beloved and enduring figures in Iran's performing a…
Read eventKourosh Safavi, actor of Iranian cinema and theatre, passed away on August 25, 2015. He was a well-known figure in Iran's performing arts.
Read eventSeptember 3, 2011, the flood of the Aradak River in Chenaran County (Razavi Khorasan Province) claimed dozens of lives and left hundreds of families homeless.Images of collapsed ho…
Read eventOn August 24, 1991, Ukraine officially declared its independence from the Soviet Union.This declaration came after a referendum in which 90% of Ukrainians voted in favor of indepen…
Read eventSeptember 3, 1979, less than seven months after the victory of the revolution, was a day when Kayhan newspaper published headlines on its front page that seemed to map out the tens…
Read eventFariborz Lachini, composer and musician, was born on August 25, 1949 .His works have remained lasting in the cultural memory of Iranians.
Read eventOn September 3, 1944, corresponding to August 25, 1944, Paris was liberated after four years of occupation by Nazi German forces.Allied forces under the command of General Charles …
Read eventAli Ashraf Darvishian, contemporary writer and story writer, was born on August 25, 1941.He narrated the lives of the lower classes with a simple and humanistic prose.
Read eventSeptember 3, 1941, past midnight, the sound of explosions and sirens disturbed the sleep of the people in the north and south of Iran.Soviet forces from the northern borders and th…
Read eventAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the fourth president of Iran, was born on the 3rd of Shahrivar, 1313 (August 25, 1934). He was among the architects of the Islamic Republic and a figure w…
Read eventMohammad Ali Eslami Nodushan (1924): poet, writer, and cultural thinker whose works influenced generations.
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