The Persian Dutch Network is pleased to announce that, for the first time, it has published the complete score of the Special Anthem for the 2,500th Anniversary of the Founding of the Persian Empire. Composed in 1971, the autograph score, with its defaced title page, was recently rescued from an
DUTCH VERSION BELOW ENGLISH The Persian Dutch Network expresses serious concern regarding the Dutch national television program Nieuwsuur, aired on 19 April 2026, titled “Iranians are being threatened from all sides”. Since the outbreak of large-scale anti-government protests in Iran in late December 2025, Nieuwsuur has demonstrated a consistently biased approach in its
Amsterdam, 1 March 2026 (PDN) — Less than 24 hours after the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a large crowd from the Persian-Dutch community gathered in Dam Square to celebrate the death of the 86-year-old dictator in their homeland.
Following the massive demonstrations in Iran against the Islamic regime, the Persian-Dutch community organised two demonstrations in The Hague over the weekend. The majority of protesters supported Prince Reza Pahlavi as the leader of the current movement in their homeland. The community feels deeply frustrated, particularly after reports revealed that
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT is de nieuwe film van de Iraanse meester Jafar Panahi (TAXI TEHERAN). De film won eerder dit jaar de prestigieuze Gouden Palm op het Filmfestival van Cannes en werd, net als Panahi’s eerdere films, zonder toestemming van het Iraanse regime gemaakt. IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT is een thriller waarin wraak, humor en menselijkheid samen komen.
A stunning panorama of Isfahan, the capital of Persia in the 17th century, was created by Jan Janssonius and published in Amsterdam in 1657. This remarkable town view originally appeared in Janssonius’s rare eight-volume Theatrum Urbium, the most comprehensive Dutch town-book of its time. Jan Janssonius (1588–1664), one of the
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