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Iranian president tweets bare-headed photo of Maryam Mirzakhani - The Guardian Sat, 16 Aug 2014 06:23:33 GMT

The Guardian

Iranian president tweets bare-headed photo of Maryam Mirzakhani
The Guardian
The news prompted widespread celebration across Iran: President Hassan Rouhani even risked a backlash from hardliners by posting her picture without a hijab on Twitter. "Congrats to #MaryamMirzakhani on becoming the first ever woman to win the ...
Amid Iranian 'brain drain,' President Rouhani congratulates Iran-born Fields ...Washington Post (blog)
#BBCtrending: The Iranian president's surprising tweetBBC News
Iran-born Stanford math professor is first woman to win prestigious Fields MedalFox News
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Iran says 'little chance' of reaching nuclear deal with West by November - Jerusalem Post Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:12:04 GMT

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Iran says 'little chance' of reaching nuclear deal with West by November
Jerusalem Post
Iran's foreign minister said on Saturday that he believed it was unlikely a final-status agreement would be reached with the West over the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear program within the time frame that has been allotted in the negotiations.
Iran: Nuclear Deal by November Deadline UnlikelyABC News
UN nuclear chief to visit Iran before investigation deadlineReuters
Iran Says Deal by November is UnlikelyArutz Sheva
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Why Is Iran Detaining Jason Rezaian? - The New Yorker Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:57:37 GMT

The New Yorker

Why Is Iran Detaining Jason Rezaian?
The New Yorker
My first correspondence with Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter who has been detained in Iran, was in 2010, and it was about avocados. They are virtually unheard of in Iran: less than one per cent of the Iranian population has ever tasted one, ...
Antonov-74 planes banned from flying in IranTrend.az
Iran President: No Limit on Research FundsTasnim News Agency

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Iraq Crisis: US and Iran Rush to Aid Kurds - Wall Street Journal Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:33:07 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Iraq Crisis: US and Iran Rush to Aid Kurds
Wall Street Journal
MAKHMOUR, Iraq—The struggles of the embattled Kurdish Peshmerga to repel Islamist insurgents have put the U.S. and Iran on the same side, with both rushing to reinforce a revered fighting force to defeat a common enemy. U.S. airstrikes this week ...
Why Iran Fears Iraq's KurdsDaily Beast
Iraq Kurds laud Iran support in confronting ISILPress TV
Iran Embraces New Iraqi Prime MinisterValley News
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Detention of journalists in Iran a bellwether of internal politics - Al Jazeera America Sat, 16 Aug 2014 10:11:34 GMT

Detention of journalists in Iran a bellwether of internal politics
Al Jazeera America
With all of the headline-making turmoil in the Middle East, it's understandable that the detention of three journalists in Iran has received relatively little attention. Since July 22, when plainclothes security officers took Jason Rezaian, an Iranian ...

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Iran, US try volleyball diplomacy - Al-Monitor Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:46:02 GMT

Iran, US try volleyball diplomacy
Al-Monitor
The largely Iranian-American crowd sang a patriotic song that predates the founding of the Islamic Republic but remains popular among Iranians worldwide. Many in the crowd at the Galen Center at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles also ...

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Iranian Math Genius's Photos Too Racy For Media Back Home - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:18:35 GMT

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Iranian Math Genius's Photos Too Racy For Media Back Home
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
That's how one journalist described a front-page portrait of Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani that an Iranian newspaper digitally doctored to obscure her hair and skin to placate censors in the Islamic republic. The altered picture of Mirzakhani ...
Iran's media shy away from unveiled medalistTrend.az

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Iran's king of cars sees need for economic speed - CNN Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:15:16 GMT

Iran's king of cars sees need for economic speed
CNN
(CNN) -- A little over 26 years ago, Mohammad Reza Najafi started manufacturing auto parts in Iran. Today he's an industry leader, supplying roughly three million springs and one million break-pads every year to Iranian auto makers. Najafi's success ...


Iran's Government Is Worried that Its People Are Having the Wrong Kind of Sex - VICE News Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:28:26 GMT

VICE News

Iran's Government Is Worried that Its People Are Having the Wrong Kind of Sex
VICE News
A recent Iranian parliamentary report has presented a candid illustration of the sexual practices of the Islamic Republic's youth — so candid that it was quickly withdrawn from a government website. The Iranian Parliament's legal research wing ...


Iran's Drinking Problem - Daily Beast Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:05:29 GMT

Iran's Drinking Problem
Daily Beast
Indeed, Iran has one of the most serious alcohol problems in the world. Although it ranks number 166 in alcohol consumption per capita, if you look at the World Health Organization estimates for people who drink 35 liters or more alcohol over the ...

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