On July 27, 1980, at 9:45 am in Cairo, Egypt, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, took a long deep breath and passed away. He had lost his long battle against a blood cancer which was kept a secret from his closest confidants and even his Queen, Farah Pahlavi,…
One of Iran’s leading diplomats has passed away. Dr. Amir Aslan Afshar passed away on February 19, 2021. Unfortunately, I never had the honor of meeting him or talking to him. However, I grew up with his texts, interviews and thoughts. His death is a huge loss for Iran. Dr….
Unfortunately, I have been reached by the message that Dr. Hossein Yazdi has passed away. Hossein Yazdi was born in 1934 in Iran. He was the son of Dr. Morteza Yazdi who was born in 1907. Morteza Yazdi was a physician and for a little over two months in 1946…
The Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, would have turned 101 years old on October 26, 2020 if he had still been alive. In connection with his anniversary, I wrote a post on my blog where I wrote, among other things, about the Iranian king of pop, Aref. I…
Shirin Ebadi is not only the first female to ever become a judge in Iran, but she is also the first Iranian to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize (in 2003). Ebadi was born in 1947. Thanks to the modernization and reforms which the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, conducted, among…
26 of October 2020, marks the 101 birthday of the late Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. The Shah was born in 1919 and became the crown prince of Iran in 1925 as his father, Reza Shah the great, ascended the throne. Even though 101 years have passed since…
Recently the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, called the Persian Gulf for the “Arabian Gulf”. In a letter to Mr. Pompeo I strongly protest for this gross mistake of his. The letter can be downloaded: [PDF] Your Excellency, I was deeply saddened and astonished after listening to your interview…
Marie Väfors Fritz and I have together compiled a new book in English on criminality in the city of Malmö, southern Sweden. Finally the book is ready and can be bought at Studentlitteratur which published the book.
The Swedish Medical Journal. Läkartidningen, arranged a seminar in Stockholm on the 13th of November 2018, with focus on Emergency Medicine. I was one of the attending and talked about the problem of overcrowding in the emergency department and the diminishing rate of hospital beds in Sweden.