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Female Indian Journalists Meet with Iran FM

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A host of female Indian authors and journalists have met Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
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Iranian Female Painter Wins Award at Harvard Art Gala

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Iranian surrealist painter and senior research associate at Harvard University, Sara Ashrafi, has won the first prize at an annual gala held by the Massachusetts General Hospital for the best painting about the Alzheimer’s disease.
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Two Iranian Girls Training to Become Mechanics

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Two Iranian girls with an interest in repairing vehicles are now learning how to become mechanics in defiance of the fact that the occupation is mostly male-dominated.
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‘Diplomatic Ladies’ Hold Food, Handicrafts Festival in Tehran

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A festival of food and handicrafts was held in Tehran on Thursday by the Diplomatic Spouses' Association of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Afghan Woman Runs Largest Hospital Clothing Workshop in Iran

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Zeinab Shaban, a thirty-four-year-old Afghan woman who is living in Iran, has launched a successful business and manufactures hospital clothing to help Afghan and Iranian staff.
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Flight Captained by Two Women for First Time in Iran

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For the first time in Iran, two women pilots have captained a flight, which took over 160 passengers from Tehran to Mashhad and brought almost the same number of people back to Tehran.
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Law that Let Iranian Women Pass Nationality to Children Takes Effect

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Iran’s Ministry of Interior says the law that allows Iranian women with non-Iranian husbands to pass their own nationality to their children has officially come into force.
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Iran Celebrates Women’s First Free Stadium Attendance with 14 Goals

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Iran’s national football team pulled off a landslide victory over Cambodia, scoring seven in either half to send them well clear at the top of Group C, in a day when Iranian women were allowed to freely attend the stadium for the first time in 40 years.
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Int’l Paralympic Committee Praises Iranian Shooter as ‘Pistol Queen’

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A few days before the start of the World Paralympic Championships in Sydney, the website of the International Paralympic Committee chose an interesting nickname for the Iranian shooter Sareh Javanmardi, calling her “The Pistol Queen”.
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Nearly 19% of State Managerial Posts Run by Women: Iran VP

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Iran’s vice president for women and family affairs says roughly 19 percent of managerial posts at government institutions in the country are run by women, and the figure is expected to grow.
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Iran Vice President: Women’s Entry into Stadiums A Step Forward

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Vice President of Iran for Women and Family Affairs has lauded the admission of women to football stadiums as an important step forward for the protection of women’s rights.
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Iran Ratifies Law to Let Mothers Pass Nationality to Children

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Iran’s legislation watchdog, the Guardian Council, has finally approved a law that allows children with an Iranian mother and a non-Iranian father to obtain the country’s citizenship.
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Iranian Women to Be Allowed into Stadiums

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Women in Iran have been finally allowed entry into football stadiums, according to the Azadi Sports Complex of Tehran.
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Young Girls Embellish Zahedan by Painting Masterpieces on Walls

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A group of Iranian girls from the southeastern city of Zahedan are decorating their underdeveloped city by drawing the world’s most famous works of art on the walls of the streets.
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Iran Says Preparing Conditions for Women to Go to Stadiums

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Iranian Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei says women are now allowed to go to stadiums to watch all international football matches, and conditions are being prepared for club matches as well.
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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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