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‘Cosmetic Surgery More Widespread among Uncultured Women’

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A research study carried out in Iran, which is globally known as a hub of cosmetic surgeries, has revealed that women who have such surgeries enjoy fewer cultural assets.
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Story of First Muslim Woman Who Cycled the World

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Poupeh, an Iranian lady who has gone down in history as the first Muslim woman to have cycled around the world, recounts how her wanderlust and love for peace pushed her to begin a solo journey to different world continents with a bicycle.
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Iranian Women Account for 41% of State Employees: VP

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Iran’s Vice President for Women and Family Affairs says women compose 41 percent of the staff of the Islamic Republic's government.
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Iranian Lady Keeping Decades-Old Legacy Alive

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Shahrbanoo is an Iranian woman who has managed to preserve the legacy of her ancestors in the town of Sorkheh in the east-central Iranian province of Semnan, which is one of the hubs of weaving in Iran.
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Acid Attackers in Iran May Face Capital Punishment

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Iranian lawmakers have adopted a bill that allows the Judiciary to mete out capital punishment for acid attackers under certain circumstances.
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Iranian Girl Proves Disability Is Not Obstacle to Success

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Spinal muscular atrophy or SMA is a rare neuromuscular disorder that often leads to early death. The disorder is caused by a genetic defect. However, there are people who are suffering from the disease but try to live a normal life.
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1st Iranian Woman Doing Horseback Combat Sports Wins Int’l Titles

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Saeedeh Sadeqi Afjeh is the only and first Iranian female medalist in combat sports done on horseback.
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‘Spider Woman’ Says Finds Peace of Mind in Climbing Buildings

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It has been five years since Farzaneh Attarbashi started to climb skyscrapers in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad for a living, spending hours hanging in the air while welding, drilling and installing glasses on windows.
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Iranian Woman Turns into Entrepreneur after Retirement

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A retired Iranian lady has created jobs for more than 1,000 people by launching her own business, and is running a campaign against the US sanctions.
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Iranian MPs Vote to Step Up Acid Attack Punishment

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The Iranian Parliament has passed legislation that steps up punishment for acid attacks and provides more support to survivors of such horrendous acts.
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Iranian Woman Receives Badge of Pahlevani

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An Iranian woman has for the first time received the badge of Pahlavani, a traditional sport originally used to train warriors in ancient Iran.
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Organs of Brain-Dead Iranian Girl Donated to 57 Patients

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The organs of a 22-year-old Iranian girl have been donated to at 57 patients after her brain death.
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Iran Parliament Passes Bill that Lets Mothers Pass Nationality to Children

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Iranian lawmakers have unanimously passed a bill presented by the government which allows children with an Iranian mother and a non-Iranian father to ask for the country’s citizenship.
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Iran’s Only Woman Magician Shining among 2,000 Male Conjurers

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The 32-year-old Sayeh Rahmati is the only woman conjurer in Iran at the moment. What has made her even more special is that she deliberately reveals her tricks in order to counter superstition.
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Iranian Teacher Launches Libraries by Selling Waste Paper

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An Iranian woman has launched several libraries using the money she made from collecting waste papers across the port city of Bandar Anzali in northern Iran. She is now running six libraries just one and a half years through this initiative.
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Pateh-Sewing; Folk Art of Women in Iran’s Kerman

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Pateh is one of the most common and unique needlework arts in the Iranian province of Kerman.
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Selfless Woman Wins Iran’s Top Midwife Award

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Golnar Lorestani Rad, an Iranian midwife who offered medical services to pregnant women in flood-hit areas, has been chosen as the top midwife of Iran.
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Paris Hosting ‘Iran Photo (Inside & Outside)’ Exhibition

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The French capital of Paris is hosting the second edition of an Iranian photography exhibition called Iran Photo (inside & outside) which offers a nuanced view of Iran, one that reveals the complex changes that the country has experienced over the last four decades.
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Son Covers Street in Tehran with 200,000 Tulips in Mother’s Memory

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An Iranian man annually plants thousands of tulip flowers on the edge of the pavement of Zarafshan Street in Tehran as a memorial to his late mother.
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Iran’s First Female Weightlifter Talks of Breaking Taboos

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Although weightlifting has always been one of Iran's medal-winning fields in the Olympic Games and Asian Games, almost all Iranians consider this as a male-dominated sport. But now the taboo is being broken.
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‘Bakers Battalion’ Making Bread for Flood-Hit Iranians

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A group of Iranian female bakers from the city of Khanuk in Kerman Province, southern Iran, have baked 3,000 local breads to send to flood-stricken areas of the country.
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Monir Farmanfarmaian, Prominent Master of Folk Art, Dies

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Famous Iranian artist and traditional folk art collector Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian has died at the age of 97.
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Iran Working on Bill to Let Mothers Pass Their Nationality to Children

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A bill has been presented to the Iranian parliament that would enable Iranian mothers to pass their nationality to their children.
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Iran Working on Bill that Limits Husband’s Right to Divorce

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The Iranian Presidential Office's Department for Women and Family Affairs has put forward a revised bill aimed at supporting women’s rights by limiting the husband's right to divorce his wife.
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Iranian Woman Making a Living by Weaving Baskets

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An Iranian woman living in Kurdistan province, western Iran, runs her simple life by weaving baskets with twigs.
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