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A report that helps you out more about how Iranian female Ninjas live and what they pursue.
Middle East

Norwegian Doctor to Obama: Do You Have a Heart?

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Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor who volunteers at the overburdened Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip, has written a letter addressing US president Barack Obama.
Middle East

Zionists Using Banned Weapons in Gaza

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The occupying regime of Israel is using flechette shells, which spray out thousands of tiny and potentially lethal metal darts, in its military invasion in Gaza, the British daily The Guardian reported.
Interviews

Demythification, first step toward institutionalizing moderation in Iran

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A scientist comments on whether an uptick in the use of moderation in Iran means it is institutionalized in society.
Custom

Persian Gulf archeological excavations in progress

IFP Media Wire -
Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Department in Hormuzgan province is conducting vital archeological excavations in the coastal regions of the Persian Gulf and its hinterlands, said the director general of the department.
Middle East

Tear gas canisters for flower pots

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A Palestinian woman in a village near Ramallah, in the West Bank, has turned tear gas canisters fired by Israeli soldiers into small flower pots in her garden. The symbolic move comes in protest at Israeli violence targeting the Palestinians.
Media

CNN, NBC Reporters Removed After Covering Zionist Offensive

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The American news network CNN has removed its correspondent Diana Magnay from covering the Zionist regime’s deadly offensive against the besieged Gaza Strip after she covered Israelis’ cheering of the bombing of Gaza.
Middle East

Iranian Speaker Calls on Muslim Nations to Intensify Aid to Gaza

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Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in a telephone conversation with his Omani counterpart Sheikh Khaled bin Halal Al-Maoni on Sunday urged the Muslim countries to increase and accelerate aid and assistance to the people of Gaza.
Transportation

Iran Ready to Train Foreign Air Traffic Controllers

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Iran is ready to offer standard training courses on working with radars to the air traffic controllers from other countries, Ebrahim Shoushtari, Deputy CEO for Aeronautical Operations at Iran Airports Company (IAC) announced on Sunday.
Middle East

Iran Censures “Savage” Israeli Strike on Shejaiya

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Iranian foreign ministry spokeswoman on Sunday strongly condemned the atrocities committed by Israel against people of Gaza, particularly the “savage crimes” against residents of the enclave’s eastern Shejaiya district.
Editor's Choice

Forgiveness of those sentenced to Qisas, a salve for a tremendous loss, snuffing out flames of rage

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Two former judges and a social activist weigh in on a wave of pardons benefitting those who have been sentenced to Qisas.
Books

Persian translation of world’s first surrealist novel ended

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‘Nadja’, the most celebrated work by the outstanding French author André Breton and the first surrealist novel in the world which has been translated into Persian by Abbas Pejman, will be published.
Books

Iranian Books to Be Presented at Frankfurt Book Fair 2014

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A number of Iranian publishers and literary associations are slated to participate in the 66th edition of Frankfurt Book Fair 2014 in Germany.
Middle East

Egypt asks Iran to back its ceasefire plan to end Gaza war

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The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has called on Iran to back its ceasefire plan to end Gaza war between Hamas and Israel, which has so far left more than 300 people dead, including children, in the Gaza Strip.
Energy

Iran Defines Six-Point Gas Development Plan

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Iran has defined a six-point plan for the gas sector under the country’s sixth five-year economic development plan which starts in March 2015, director for planning of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said.
Middle East

Iran FM urges Egypt to open Rafah border crossing

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on Egypt to open the Rafah border crossing at least for humanitarian aid, particularly for the transfer and treatment of wounded Palestinians in Gaza.
Human Rights

Human Rights Watch: ISIL killing, expelling Iraq religious minorities

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Human Rights Watch has warned that ISIL Takfiris kill or expel all religious minorities from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and its surroundings.
Art

Iran anti-war photos exhibited in French museum

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Iranian photographer Gohar Dashti’s works have been showcased at the anti-war photo exhibition in France.
Religion

World’s Muslims celebrate ‘Laylat al-Qadr’

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Many Muslims across the world have marked ‘Night of Destiny’ or ‘Laylat al-Qadr’ when the holy Qur’an was first revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Nuclear

Iran nuclear talks extended for 4 months

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Iran and the Sextet of world powers have agreed on the extension of talks on Tehran’s nuclear energy program until November 24.
Cultural Heritage

ICHHTO introduces Tabriz and Yazd as Iranian creative cities to OIC

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Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) has introduced Tabriz in northwest Iran and Yazd in central Iran as iranian creative cities to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), said a senior official of ICHHTO.
Sport

Iran Volleyball President Dedicates Victory over Brazil to Gaza People

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President of Iran Volleyball Federation Mohammad Reza Davarzani dedicated victory over Brazil and advancing to the FIVB World League Final Four to people of the Gaza Strip.
Sport

2014 Volleyball World League: Iran Beat Brazil 3-1 to Advance to Semifinals

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Iran thrashed Brazil in their second match in the final round of the FIVB 2014 Men's Volleyball World League group matches in Italy on Friday and bought a ticket for the semifinals as the top team of Group 1.
Architecture

World Travel Website Awards Hafez Historical Structure

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The world’s largest travel website TRIPADVISOR has hailed the historical mausoleum of ancient Persian poet Hafez in Shiraz.
Books

The 10th edition of Dowlatabadi’s three-volume novel released

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The 10th edition of ‘Passed Times of the Elderly’ a three-volume novel by the leading Iranian writer Mahmoud Dowlatabadi was published by Nashr-e Cheshmeh Publication institute.
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