Doostane Farsi Zabane Man, which translates from Persian (Farsi) to "My Persian-Speaking Friends," aims to increase friendship and cultural understanding between Iranians and Americans through a pen pal program between young citizens of Iran and the United States.

 

Mourners in Tehran’s main cemetery during the funerals for those killed the day before. December 28, 1978

Mourners in Tehran’s main cemetery during the funerals for those killed the day before. December 28, 1978

In the summer of 1978, revolution was rumbling across my country, Iran. Sitting in the living room of our family home in Tehran, my father stared out of the window into the beyond, and said to me “it’s all over, nothing will be the same again.

Christiane Amanpour

Demonstrators face off against the army. Tehran, December 27, 1978

Demonstrators face off against the army. Tehran, December 27, 1978