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Iran’s Customs in Photos: Bakhtiari Wedding

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The colourful wedding parties of Bakhtiari nomads begin at the end of harvest season in the tribal areas of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, south-western Iran.
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Oleophobic Coating: What Is That?

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Those who are using Smartphones these days are keen to protect glass screen of their handsets with tempered glass screen protector.
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Iran to Turn Tourism into Its Top Source of Income: Minister

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Iran’s Minister of Culture Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts says the country is planning to boost its tourism revenues, and turn it into its top source of income as a replacement for oil.
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Iran Dismisses Media Fuss over Australian Woman Inmate

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has shrugged off the media hype over the imprisonment of Australian woman Kylie Moore-Gilbert in Iran.
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Iran Strongly Condemns Somalia Terrorist Attack

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Spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned Saturday's terrorist operation in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of tens of people.
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Iran Summons Kuwaiti Envoy over Meeting with Separatist Element

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The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned Kuwaiti chargé d'affaires to Tehran in protest at the meeting of some Kuwaiti officials with the representative of a terrorist and separatist group as well as an anti-Iran gathering held in the Arab country.
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‘Europe Surprised by Export of Iran-made Laboratory Equipment’

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The Austrian journal EuroPages in a report has expressed wonder that Iranian scientists have been able to make products that compete with those of large companies from Germany, South Korea, the United States and Britain and take their market share worldwide.
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Karaftu: Mysterious Cave in Iran Where Heracles Used to Live

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Karaftu is the name of a mysterious cave in Iran’s western province of Kurdistan; which has gained fame as the habitat of Greek divine hero Heracles.
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Iran-Russia-China Naval Drills Grab Headlines in Iran

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IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday, December 28, 2019, and picked headlines from 12 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
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Iran to Build Houses for Low-Income Families

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Iranian Vice President says the government is to build houses for low-income families, including ten thousand residential units for the people of Khorasan Razavi province.
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Charité Hospital of Berlin: Oldest, Most Prestigious Clinic in Germany

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Charité hospital is known all over the world. Since 2010, this hospital has annually led the list of the best German clinics according to the competent magazine Focus. Charité hospital is a successful symbiosis of science, treatment and medical training.
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Iran’s Beauties in Photos: Haj-Aqa-Torab Bath

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Haj-Aqa-Torab Bath, also known as the Twin Bath, is a great portrayal of traditional Iranian-Islamic art.
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UNGA Condemns Myanmar’s Abuse of Rohingya Muslims

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The UN General Assembly has, in a resolution, strongly condemned Myanmar’s human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention.
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Musicians at a Coast Near Strait of Hormuz

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Photo by Peyman Yazdani, ISNA
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Car Bombing in Somalia Kills Dozens of People

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A car bomb attack in the Somali capital of Mogadishu killed at least 76 people and injured many others on Saturday, police and witnesses said.
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Ancient Works Discovered in Northern Iran

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Three fragments of colourful pots imprinted with images of birds, flowers and inscriptions from the early Islamic era have been discovered in the north of Iran.
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‘Iran-China-Russia Drills Show Commitment to Secure Waterways’

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the ongoing naval drills between Iran, Russia, and China indicate “our broader commitment” to secure vital waterways.
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FM Zarif Due in New York to Attend UN Meeting

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit New York on January 9, 2020, to attend a UN Security Council meeting on unilateralism.
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Café Nanism; A Cozy Place in Tehran Run by Short People

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Nanism is the name of a café in Tehran run by short-height people.
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20-Year-Old Girl Breaks Iran Clean Sheet Record

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Zahra Khajavi, a goalkeeper playing for a women’s football club in Iran’s Kurdistan Province, has broken the country’s clean sheet record after not conceding a goal for 950 minutes.
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Iran Says Listens to Peaceful Protesters ‘with Open Ears’

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A spokesman for the Guardian Council, Iran’s vetting body, says the country has always listened “with open ears” to peaceful demonstrators, but security forces had a duty during last month’s violent riots to deal with acts of vandalism and sabotage.
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Iran Expresses Regret over Kazakhstan Plane Crash

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has expressed regret over the crash of a passenger plane in Kazakhstan, which left dozens of Kazakh citizens dead and wounded.
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8 Effective Tips to Enhance Your Charisma

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We all know of at least one or two individuals who steal the show when they walk into a room. They instantly elicit a positive mood in everybody, and it seems that people cannot have enough of them. Why does this happen? It is due to their charisma.
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Iran, Russia, China Start Joint Marine Drills

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The naval forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation, and the People’s Republic of China have kicked off a four-day joint maritime exercise in the Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman area.
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Solar Eclipse in Iran

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Photos by YJC photographers
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