Just in time for Mother’s Day, the 2012 annual State of the World’s Mothers Report from the [http://www.savethechildren.org "Save the Children" foundation] is out. Where does Iran stand in this year's report? Is Iran a good or a bad place to be a mother?/The annual report ...
A blog on The [http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/beating-church-and-brambleton Virginian Pilot] indicates that two weeks ago reporters Dave Forster and (Iranian American) Marjon Rostami were attacked as they drove home. They had stopped at a red light, in a crowd of at least 100 ...
Muscular and fit, Iranian-American Azadeh Boroumand dazzled everyone by dominating the South Central regional CrossFit games in Texas. The Games' [http://games.crossfit.com/article/boroumand-sets-record-new-faces-book-tickets-games Official website] writes: "Azadeh Bouromand ...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad found himself involved in an impromptu meeting on the roof of his car. A woman climbed on to the vehicle for a brief one-on-one as the president took a tour of the southern city of Bandar Abbas. The BBC's Tehran Correspondent James Reynolds ...
On this Women's Day, inequality between men and women persists in all corners of the world but some countries are better than others. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/revealed-the-best-and-worst-places-to-be-a-woman-7534794.html The Independent on Sunday] has ...
Following a [http://features.kodoom.com/en/iranian-diaspora/british-iranians-sogand-shaker-and-ida-morassaei-run-for-youth-parliament/v/3929/ recent News Article], many UK residents of Iranian heritage are now proud and excited to hear about the victory of Sogand Shaker as one of ...
Female Iranian sprinter Maryam Toosi had a stronger finish than two Chinese contenders and won the Gold medal in women's 400m race in 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. Leila Rajabi and Sepideh Tavakkoli from Iran also won medals in women's games./The 2012 Asian Indoor ...
Among the four names on Sweden's Official page of successful immigrants, two Iranian women are listed: [http://features.kodoom.com/en/iranian-diaspora/iranian-born-woman-among-top-administrators-in-sweden/v/4006/ Minoo Akhtarzand] — former Director General of the Swedish National ...
Former (Iranian-born) Miss World Canada, Nazanin Afshin-Jam [http://features.kodoom.com/en/entertainment/canada-s-defence-minister-marries-iranian-born-nazanin-afshin-jam/v/3867/ recently married] Canada's defense minister Peter MacKay in a private ceremony in Mexico. She has ...
Minoo Akhtarzand — former Director-General of the Swedish National Rail Administration, and now Governor of Jönköping county - was born and raised in Tehran. Her father was a high ranking officer in the Shah's army. At the age of 17 she moved to Stockholm to study at the Royal ...
