Saddam Hussein and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Tehran, 1975

April 1975, the meeting of Saddam Hussein of Iraq and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Persia (Iran).

Saddam on that time was deputy chairman of Iraq Ba'athist Revolutionary Command Council and in 1980 became the president of Iraq. In the same year he attacked Iran.

The above photo was originally published in the Persian-language daily Etelaat in Tehran.

Amir-Abbas Hoveyda & Saddam Hussein, Baghdad Airport, 1975

A rare photo of Amir Abbas Hoveyda (prime minister of Persia) with Saddam Hussein (deputy chairman of Iraq Ba'athist Revolutionary Command Council).

Four years later, shortly after 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, Hoveyda was executed in Tehran. In the same year Saddam Hussein became the president of Iraq and and in 1980 started an 8-year war with Persia.

 Publicly around 15 countries (including the United States, USSR, Britain, China, France, West Germany, Italy, Pakistan, Qatar, Yugoslavia, China, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia) supported Iraq during the war; while Iran was supported by Syria, Libya, North Korea and in some occasions Israel and US (The Iran-Contra Affair). China was selling weapons to both countries!

After US attack to Iraq, Saddam was also executed in 2006 in Baghdad.

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The above photo has been taken during the state visit of Hoveyda to Iraq in the mid-1970s. The main goal of Hoveyda's visit was negotiation with the then Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr to solve the problems between two countries.

 The photo has been originally published in the Persian-language daily Etelaat on 27 March 1975.

Elizabeth Taylor in Persia, May 1976

The Legendary Elizabeth Taylor at Tehran International Airport, May 1976.

She talks with Kayhan International's Maryam Kharazmi at planeside after arriving in IRAN AIR's first transcontinental jumbo jet flight.

Rare photo of Mahasti and friends in 1979

A rare photo of the late Persian singer Mahasti (R) with friends and colleagues in  a private gathering around 1979. The legendary songwriter Mohammad Heydari stands in the middle.

A frightened cat in Tehran

A handsome cat in Tehran who is afraid of strange visitors. No idea that he is 'Persian' or not, anyway he is so lovely and cute!
His name is Freddie and he lives in Yousef-Abad district of Teheran.

An attractive gallery of Persian carpets in Vienna

Photos of an attractive Persian carpets gallery in the Austrian capital, Vienna.

Louvre and Its Unique Persian Section

Louvre Museum in Paris hosts one of the greatest collections of Persian history in the world; unique objects from Persepolis, attractive bronzes from Lorestan province, sculptures from Susa, etc.
If you visit Paris do not miss the Louvre Museum and of course its Persian section.