Cinema, Jigar and Ice cream

Cinema, Jigar and Ice cream

By Syma Sayyah, Tehran

Last week Paul was away for a week and my friends Ali, Faroukh, and Afsaneh made sure that I did not feel lonely and took me out a few times. We do not usually go out to the cinema and [...]

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Photos: Dormitory in Ahvaz, Iran

Photos: Dormitory in Ahvaz, Iran

Photos by Amir Hossin Kardouni, ISNA
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This is the Dormitory Week in Iran. The following photos by Amir Hossin Kardouni are from a dormitory in Ahvaz, Khuzestan province.

The city of Ahvaz is the capital of the Iranian province of Khuzestan. It is [...]

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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Bomb found in toilet on Iran plane
Bomb found in toilet on Iran plane

A homemade bomb discovered on board an Iranian plane has been defused, semi-official news agencies report.
According to several Iranian news agencies, the bomb was discovered on a plane shortly after it took off from the oil-rich city [...]

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Naomi Wolf: Busted, Pentagon: Why The Photos Probably Do Show Detainees Sodomized and Raped
Busted, Pentagon: Why The Photos Probably Do Show Detainees Sodomized and Raped

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The Telegraph of London broke the news [...]

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