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A Glimpse of Iran That We Don't Often See
For the past 20 years images and news from Iran have been fairly consistent. There are women in burqas, public demonstrations with burning flags, executions, and the ongoing threat of nuclear weaponry. Yet, in this 80 million-plus population lies a hidden life; albeit one that, against the conservative and theocratic laws that exist, still pervades the culture. A young photographer named Hossein Fatemi did a photo series of the “Iran that we never see.”
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Iran mother spares son’s killer from hanging on gallows
When he felt the noose around his neck, Balal must have thought he was about to take his last breath. Minutes earlier, crowds had watched as guards pushed him towards the gallows for what was meant to be yet another public execution in the Islamic Republic of Iran...
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Iranian woman pardons son's killer — after slapping him at the gallows — moments before his scheduled execution
Dramatic photos show how a murdered teen's mother forgave her son's killer after giving a last-minute speech to the crowd and then slapping him in the face
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Iran bans WhatsApp because of link to 'American Zionist' Mark Zuckerberg
The Iranian regime has banned access to the WhatsApp messaging site, a popular site for many to communicate both inside and outside the country, stating that a Jewish “American Zionist” owns the site. The announcement came some two months after Facebook bought the company for a stunning $19 billion, and a regime official connected the move directly to the founder of Facebook.
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Inside the Secret Sexual Matriarchy of Iran
It was a Thursday night in Istanbul and I was sitting on a patio at a going away party with three Persian cousins: two men living in Istanbul for graduate school and a woman living there who works as a journalist. I didn’t want to turn playtime into work time but the opportunity seemed too ripe to relinquish. How often do Americans actually meet Iranians? How often do we get to share a beer and actually try to understand each other? I had no idea what I was in for.
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The Great Unveiling: Iranian Women Are Ditching Their Head Scarves on Facebook
Going out in public without a hijab can get you 70 lashes and 60 days in prison, but these women are taking the risk
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Breaking bad in Tehran: how Iran got a taste for crystal meth
Cheap, widely available and used by students and housewives alike, crystal meth is taking the Iranian capital by storm. The author of a new book about the country reports on an addiction that even the repressive regime is struggling to control
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Iranian billionaire hanged “without warning” over £1.5bn fraud
The Iranian government has executed a billionaire businessman at the heart of a £1.5bn state bank scam, state television has reported.
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Mark Zuckerberg Has Been Ordered to Appear in Iranian Court
An Iranian judge has ordered Mark Zuckerberg to appear in court and answer complaints about Instagram and Whatsapp, which Facebook owns. The move, while unlikely to succeed, highlights the split in attitudes between Iran's moderate president, Hassan Rouhani, and hardliners elsewhere in the country's administration.
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Iranian hackers use fake Facebook accounts to spy on U.S., others
In an unprecedented, three-year cyber espionage campaign, Iranian hackers created false social networking accounts and a bogus news website to spy on military and political leaders in the United States, Israel and other countries, a cyber intelligence firm said on Thursday. ISight Partners, which uncovered the operation, said the targets include a four-star U.S. Navy admiral, U.S. lawmakers and ambassadors, and personnel from Afghanistan, Britain, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Syria.
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Dust storm roars into Iran, killing at least 4
A heavy dust storm roared into Iran's capital Monday, blacking out the sun in a swirling cloud and tearing down trees in a squall that reportedly killed at least four people and injured 30.
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Iran, Nigeria Ban Public Viewing Of World Cup
When Iran faces off against Nigeria for a June 16 match in the FIFA World Cup, fans in both teams’ home countries may be hard-pressed to find a public spot to watch the game. In an attempt at crowd control, Iranian police banned cafes and restaurants from airing World Cup games, even Iran's own matches, the BBC reported Tuesday, citing local media. The decision came just weeks after the country banned women from watching the games with men in public cinemas.
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Iran sends troops into Iraq to aid fight against Isis militants
Iran has sent 2,000 advance troops to Iraq in the past 48 hours to help tackle a jihadist insurgency, a senior Iraqi official has told the Guardian. The confirmation comes as the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, said Iran was ready to support Iraq from the mortal threat fast spreading through the country, while the prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, called on ordinary Iraqis to take up arms in their country's defence.
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ISIS' half-a-billion-dollar bank heist makes it world's richest terror group
The al-Qaeda splinter grouping made off with £256 million in cash and a large amount of gold bullion from Mosul's central bank during its takeover of the city
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UK to re-open embassy in Iran
Foreign Secretary William Hague has said plans to re-open the British Embassy in Tehran are an "important step forward" in relations with Iran. Mr Hague said the "circumstances were right" following an improvement in bilateral relations in recent months.
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Iran throws tech bloggers in prison for working with 'enemy media'
Most countries with internet access see the web as a tool for communication. But in Iran? It's a threat. The country has made a habit of censoring social platforms like Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram - lifting its ban only for odd "technical failures." Now the country seems to be arresting local tech bloggers. The state is accusing eight bloggers from the Iranian site Narenji (now offline) of having ties to "enemy media" and plotting a "'soft overthrow' of the Iranian regime."
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Iran Won’t Let Women Watch The World Cup
Tehran is trying to bar female sports fans from cheering on the national football team and volleyball team in public, citing concerns over immorality.
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Iranian students blocked from UK Stem courses due to US sanctions
US-owned education firm Kaplan says residents of Iran cannot study science, technology, engineering and maths in Britain.
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Iran’s water crisis the product of decades of bad planning
Iran is headed for a water shortage of epic proportions, and little is being done to reverse a decades-long trend that has reduced the country’s water supply to crisis levels. Changes in the global climate, a century of rampant development and heavy subsidies for water and other utilities are all contributing to a situation that is likely to get much worse.
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Christian in Iran to have his lips burnt for eating during Ramadan
An Iranian judge sentenced a Christian man to have his lips burnt with a cigarette for eating during the day in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The barbaric punishment was carried out in public in a square in the city of Kermanshah. Five other Muslim men were also flogged in public with 70 lashes for not fasting during Ramadan, the city's deputy governor Ali Ashraf Karami said.
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