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Iranian Girl Claims World Title at Karate 1-Premiere League

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Iran’s Sara Bahmanyar defeated rivals from Croatia, Malaysia and Japan to reach the quarterfinal game.
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Local Women Hold ‘Hovay Hovay’ Mourning Ritual in Muharram

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Women in the southwestern Iranian province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad province have their own special ways of mourning the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the third Shiite Imam, in the lunar month of Muharram.
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26-Year-Old Woman Chosen as Iran’s Top Entrepreneur

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An Iranian woman from Sistan and Baluchestan, the most underdeveloped Iranian province located in the country’s southeast, has been chosen as the youngest Iranian entrepreneur of year.
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First Innovation Centre for Women Opens in Iran

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The first innovation centre for Iranian women has been inaugurated at the University of Science and Technology in Tehran in a ceremony attended by the vice president for science and technology.
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Philanthropist Using Instagram to Help Children’s Dreams Come True

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Maryam Ommi runs an Instagram page called “Dreams” and has, so far, realized the dreams of some 400 children living in deprived regions.
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Menstrual Migraine Could Be Caused by Low Iron Levels

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The migraine at the end of the menstrual period could be due to low iron levels in the body, research studies show.
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Disabled Woman Using Her Mouth to Paint (+Video)

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A disabled Iranian woman who spent many years of her life in a rehabilitation centre has turned into an active and sociable artist.
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Highest Number of Female Executives in Iran’s Most Underdeveloped Region

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Sistan and Baluchestan province in south-eastern Iran has the highest number of women working as junior, middle and senior government executives and managers among the country’s 31 provinces.
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Iran Chooses Documentary Film as Its Academy Awards Submission

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“Finding Farideh”, a documentary film directed by Azadeh Mousavi and Kourosh Atayi, has been selected as the Iranian cinema’s representative and official submission to 2020 Academy Awards after several decision making sessions.
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Iranian Women to Get More Involved in Environment Start-ups

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Expert Iranian women are to make their presence felt in the development of energy and environmental technologies and start-up programs.
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Iranian Woman Engineer Joins MIT as Assistant Professor

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Iranian genius Negar Reiskarimian has joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as an assistant professor since July. 
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Two Iranian Women Break Taboo against Female Singing

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Shamshuk and Zobeideh are two Iranian women artists from the south-eastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan who have managed to break a long-time taboo against women’s singing.
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Iran, Pakistan Discuss Cooperation on Women’s Affairs

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Iranian Vice-President for Women Affairs Massoumeh Ebtekar has held talks with Pakistani Ambassador to Iran Riffat Masood on issues such as expansion of cooperation on women’s affairs and exchange of experiences between the two countries.
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Iranian Woman Sets Record of Swimming with Hands Tied

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Akram Konari, from the town of Omidieh in Khuzestan province, south-west of Iran, has swum for 175 minutes, i.e., two hours and 55 minutes, with her hands tied in memory of 175 Iranian divers who had been martyred in the war in the same way.
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First Festival of Kurdish Fashion, Costumes Held in Iran

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The first regional festival and exhibition of Kurdish Fashion and Clothing has been held in Khosro Abad Mansion of Sanandaj in Iran’s Kurdistan province.
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Neshat Jahandari Becomes Second Woman Airline Pilot of Iran

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Neshat Jahandari has recently received her four stripes after her first independent flight, turning into the second woman airline pilot in Iran.
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‘High Number of Requests for Adoption of Children in Iran’

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An Iranian official says there are currently 10 requests for adoption of per child in Iran, particularly after single women were recently authorized to apply for.
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Iranian Cop Saves Lady Intending to Commit Suicide

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An Iranian police officer has saved the life of a woman who intended to commit suicide in the middle of the highway.
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NAS Award in Math Renamed after Iranian Genius Mirzakhani

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The US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has renamed a prestigious prize in mathematics after the late Iranian math genius Maryam Mirzakhani, who became the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal.
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Woman Filmmaker’s Terrorism Thriller Tops Iran’s Box Office

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The breathtaking drama “When the Moon Was Full” directed by Iranian filmmaker Narges Abyar has topped the country’s box office.
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Semnan; A City Where Most Bakers Are Women

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Women of Semnan in east-central Iran used to bake the region’s traditional bread in their houses’ ovens in the past. Now this bread is made in the bakeries, but the majority of them are still managed by women.
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Kilim-Weaving Girl Representing Iran at CSIT World Sports Games

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A team of Iranian workers, including a number of athletes skilled in special occupations, has headed for Spain to attend the CSIT World Sports Games. Among these athletes there is lady from the north-western city of Ardabil whose job is weaving Kilim.
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Iran Equalizes Blood Money for Men, Women in Historic Decision

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From now on, an equal amount of blood money (diyah) will be paid to male or female victims or their heirs in cases of murder, bodily harm, or property damage, in a major shift from the age-old Sharia-based law that the blood money for women is half the amount set for men.
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First Iranian Female Miner Talks of Her Adventure

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Mahnaz Mirzaee is the first Iranian woman miner and has been promoted to the position of the mine chief after 14 years now.
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Ultra-Flexible Girl Stuns Audiences at Iranian Got Talent Show

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Zahra Beyrami is an ultra-flexible little whose performance at an Iranian talent show, named Asr-e Jadid (New Age), has amazed the audiences and gone viral on Iranian social media.
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