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  On March 20, Lt. Col. Jasmin Moghbeli, an Iranian-American astronaut leading NASA’s summer 2023 mission to the International Space Station, was a featured speaker with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the first annual White House Nowruz reception. In her remarks, Moghbeli expressed pride in her Persian heritage. “Isn’t it amazing that I could say with ...

  Manoto is an international free-to-air Persian language general entertainment channel launched in October 2010, owned by Marjan Television Network. It is based in London and its programs include documentaries, films, series, news, and reports

  The Kiani Crown (Persian: تاج کیانی) was the traditional coronation crown in the Iranian Crown Jewels, worn by the Qajar shahs of Iran (1789–1925). The crown was designed under the first Qajar shah Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (r. 1789–1797) as a way to connect himself to the ancient Sasanian shahs (224–651) and mythological Kiyani shahs

  It’s been almost two decades since Patrick Dempsey sauntered onto the small screen as neurosurgeon Derek “McDreamy” Shepherd on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy (even longer since his breakthrough role as an endearing outcast in 1987’s Can’t Buy Me Love).

  The Darya-i-noor’s weight of 186-carats is an estimate made by the Gemological Institute of America and the exact weight is unknown because the stone cannot be removed from its setting without risking major damage.