In an effort to scare and punish Iranian women who protest mandatory head scarf, radical Islamists in the Moral Police and Office of the Promotion of Virtues, have funded and unveiled an "uncovered hair rehabilitation center" in Tehran to commit women arrested for defying ...
Iranian women have made history in 2024 Paris Olympics by winning two medals in taekwondo but it could have been three (read on). Nahid KIYANI CHANDEH has won a silver and Mobina NEMATZADEH a bronze medal. Interestingly, in the women's 57-kilogram division, Kiyani defeated Kimia ...
On Wednesday, November 29th, 2023, Stanford Iranian Studies students and director Dr. Abbas Milani had the opportunity to ask questions of Iranian-American NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli live from the International Space Station. Moghbeli answered some questions and shared some ...
Iranian human and women rights activist Narges Mohammadi has been honored in her absence at a ceremony in Norway, after winning the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize./ /Singers Golshifteh Farahani, Mojgan Shajarian and Angelina Jordan performed in ceremonies honoring Mohammadi:/ / ...
Iranian rapper Amir Tataloo, real name Amirhossein Maghsoudloo, known for sexually explicit Persian hip hop songs and openly promoting narcotics, has been accused by several women of rape, sexual and physical abuse, drug peddling, and forced detention. Amin Fardin, an ...
Despite the threat of war with Israel and their need for domestic public support, Iranian government continues to alienate reformist women by punishing female journalists and actresses who joined the Mahsa Amini (Women, Life, Freedom) movement and protested mandatory head scarf ...
This year, Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) celebrates its 42nd year. The annual festival showcases world-class cinema in one of the world’s most scenic metropolitan areas. And this year's spectacular roster includes great cinema from around the globe, live ...
The following are Persian headlines (hyperlinked to the source) from some of the most visited recent news pages extracted by Kodoom's News Robot (AI) Aggregator. To read them in English, you can right click on the screen and in most browsers click on "Translate to English" or use ...
Hikaru Nakamura, the world's number-two chess grandmaster has confirmed that he married Iranian-born Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Atousa Pourkashiyan./35-year-old Pourkashiyan is a seven-time Iranian women's champion. She made her debut for the Iranian national team as a 11-year-old ...
While the US President and his wife were hosting a Nowruz (Persian New Year) event with the theme of supporting Iranian women's movement against mandatory Hijab, some Iranian news agencies aired videos showing Iranian Leader hosting an event for young girls coming of age (for ...
