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Iranian Government on Defense After Girl Burns Herself to Protest Mandatory Hijab and Prison Term

Sept 12, 2019

Culture and Society Blog, Kodoom.com Editorial: /Suicide rates among young and middle aged Iranians, particularly women, have been on the rise. Tehran subway, residential towers, ...

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In Pictures: Shia Mourners Attend Child Martyrs and Mud Slapping Ceremonies

Sept 11, 2019

Culture and Society Blog, Kodoom.com Editorial: /During the 10 days of the Islamic month of Muharram, in what some observers call the world's largest religious ritual, millions of ...

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Better for the Environment and Humans: Advanced Bidets Offer Hygiene and Comfort in Toilet Seats

Sept 10, 2019

Health, Technology and Product Review Blog, Kodoom.com Editorial: /For years many Asians, including Iranians, Afghans, Kurds, Turks, Armenians, Koreans and Japanese, dreaded ...

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Racist Greek Politician Calls Iranian Refugee Monkey!

Sept 7, 2019

Independent Aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: Theodoros Giannaros, member of Greece's ruling conservative New Democracy party was expelled Wednesday afternoon from ...

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Why Did Ahmadinejad Quote Michael Jackson on His Birthday? Asking The Man in the Mirror to Change Himself

Sept 5, 2019

Independent Aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: On the anniversary of Michael Jackson's birth, former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, once again shocked media ...

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Thirsty and Beheaded! In Pictures: Drought-Stricken Shadegan Date Palm Groves

Sept 4, 2019

Independent Aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: For years, the date palm groves of Shadegan in the Khuzistan Province have been the source of Iran's premium dates ...

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Video: Iran's Top Economics Major Graduate Now A Peddler in Tehran Subway

Sept 2, 2019

Independent Aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: Iran's Channel 5 TV has interviewed one of the many peddlers in Tehran's subway station who claims to be the top ...

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Shahab Hosseini Sanctimoniously Attacks Female Fan Without Hijab

Aug 29, 2019

Independent Aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: /Shahab Hosseini is among Iranian movie stars who frequent the US to attend events hosted by exiled Iranians. While ...

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Young Iranian Women Now Join Biker and Armed Bandit Gangs

Aug 19, 2019

Sports, Society Blog, Kodoom.com Editorial /Earlier this month two young Iranian women became newsmakers./First, a young gunwoman was arrested in Tehran while attempting armed ...

Iran defeats China in Asian Volleyball Cup

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Iran defeats China in Asian Volleyball Cup

به گزارش روابط عمومی فدراسیون والیبال، در دور دوم مسابقات قهرمانی مردان آسیا روز سه شنبه (۲۶ شهریور) تیم های از گروه E به مصاف هم رفتند که در نهایت تیم ایران با حساب سه بر صفر و با امتیازهای ۲۵ بر ۱۸ – ۲۵ بر ۲۳ و ۲۵ بر ۱۷ حریف خود را شکست داد. در دیگر بازی این گروه، تیم های استرالیا و هند به ...

Russian-speaking Lieberman is Israel's kingmaker

Four hours ago

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Russian-speaking Lieberman is Israel's kingmaker

رسانه های اسرائیل روز چهارشنبه ۱۸ سپتامبر/ ۲۷ شهریور اعلام کردند که براساس شمارش تقریبا کل آراء انتخابات پارلمانی روز سه شنبه، بنیامین نتانیاهو، نخست وزیر این کشور و رقیب او "بِنی گانتس"، آراء مساوی کسب کرده و امکان تشکیل یک دولت ائتلافی را ندارند./ رسانه های اسرائیل روز چهارشنبه ۱۸ سپتامبر/ ۲۷ ...

Boy electrocuted in Azadi Stadium; Contractor arrested

Sept 17, 2019

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Boy electrocuted in Azadi Stadium; Contractor arrested

پیمانکاری که داربست های فلزی را نصب کرد، به خاطر بی احتیاطی و برای محکم کردن نرده های داربست، آن ها را با تیر های برق در مجاورت فضای سبز مهار کرده بود. لازم به ذکر است علت این حادثه تلخ ارتباطی به گیت های ورزشگاه آزادی که در فاصله ۵۰ متری ورودی نرده های گیت های الکترونیکی ضلع غربی ورزشگاه با محل ...

Zatif: So Far no visa for Rouhani's trip to New York and UN!

Eight hours ago

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Zatif: So Far no visa for Rouhani's trip to New York and UN!

به نوشتۀ ایرنا، خبرگزاری رسمی جمهوری اسلامی، ممکن است که سفر حسن روحانی و همراهانش به نیویورک برای حضور در مجمع عمومی سازمان ملل متحد، به دلیل صادر نشدن روادید توسط دولت آمریکا لغو شود./ بعدازظهر روز چهارشنبه ٢٧ شهریور/١٨ سپتامبر، خبرگزاری ایرنا نوشت: "تا لحظۀ انتشار این خبر، به دلیل صادر نشدن ...

Iran officially write to US: We did not attack Saudi oil facility

Ten hours ago

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Iran officially write to US: We did not attack Saudi oil facility

جمهوری اسلامی ایران در "یادداشتی رسمی" خطاب به دولت آمریکا گفته که حمله به تأسیسات نفتی عربستان کار ایران نبوده است. ایرنا، خبرگزاری رسمی جمهوری اسلامی با انتشار این خبر تصریح کرده است که این یادداشت از طریق سفارت سوئیس، حافظ منافع آمریکا در ایران، برای رهبران واشنگتن فرستاده شده است./ در این ...

Hepco workers continue protest for delayed wages

Seven hours ago

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Hepco workers continue protest for delayed wages

بسیاری از ناظران معتقدند هپکو نیز مانند دیگر واحد های صنعتی در بحران، قربانی خصوصی سازی غیر اصولی شده است. خصوصی سازی که در سال های اخیر تبعات سنگینی برای کشور داشته است. در ماجرای اعتراضات کارگران نیشکر هفت تپه این تبعات کاملا نمود پیدا کرد. حالا باید دولت به این فکر کند که هپکو به سرنوشت نیشکر ...

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Firoozja drops from Chess World Cup

به گزارش ایسنا، امروز (چهارشنبه) دیدار تکمیلی دور سوم جام جهانی شطرنج میان علیرضا فیروزجا تنها نماینده شطرنج ایران با ریتینگ ۲۷۰۲ و دینگ لیرن از چین با ریتینگ ۲۸۱۱ و نفر سوم رنکینگ جهانی برگزار شد و در نهایت با برتری دو بر صفر لیرن به پایان رسید. در بازی اول فیروزجا با کمبود زمان مواجه شد و باخت ...

Rouhani: Yemeni's limited attack on Saudi Oil facility is a warning shot about regional war

Nine hours ago

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Rouhani: Yemeni's limited attack on Saudi Oil facility is a warning shot about regional war

روحانی ارتباط ایران با حملات اخیر به تاسیسات نفتی عربستان را رد کرده و حوثی های یمن عامل این حملات دانسته است حسن روحانی، رئیس جمهوری ایران، ضمن تاکید بر اینکه حوثی های یمن مسئول حمله به تاسیسات نفتی عربستان بوده اند، این اقدام را موجه دانسته است./ آقای روحانی در سخنانی در جلسه هیئت وزیران در ...

Tweet war between Mahnaz Afshar, Manijeh Hekmat and Pegah Ahangarani

Nine hours ago

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Tweet war between Mahnaz Afshar, Manijeh Hekmat and Pegah Ahangarani

مهناز افشار به مصاحبه انتقادی پگاه آهنگرانی واکنش نشان داد. به گزارش عصر ایران در ۲ روز گذشته ویدیویی از پگاه آهنگرانی منتشر شد که به سلبریتی ها انتقاد کرده بود که چرا درباره همه چیز نظر می دهند «ما چیکاره ایم؟ که راجع به همه چیز نظر بدهیم. خیلی وقت ها سعی می کنم راجع به چیزی حرف بزنم، اما خودم ...

Trump says he’d give Iranian leaders visas to attend UN

33 minutes ago

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Trump says he’d give Iranian leaders visas to attend UN

President Donald Trump and new national security adviser Robert O’Brien arrive on Marine One to talk with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)/ WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ...

Suspect in Detroit serial killings charged in murders of 4 women

48 minutes ago

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Suspect in Detroit serial killings charged in murders of 4 women

Police identified Kenneth DeAngelo Martin as a person of interest in a series of killings./ DETROIT – Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced Monday that Deangelo Martin will face charges in the murders of four women on Detroit's east side. Martin, 34, of Detroit, already faces four counts of criminal ...

Trump says he's ordering new sanctions on Iran after Saudi oil facility attack

Four hours ago

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Trump says he's ordering new sanctions on Iran after Saudi oil facility attack

, the latest escalation in tensions between the two countries and one that/ "I have just instructed the Secretary of the Treasury to substantially increase Sanctions on the country of Iran!" Trump tweeted./ The President made the announcement as some Republican lawmakers have called for military ...

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski proves to be an uncooperative witness for House ...

21 hours ago

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Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski proves to be an uncooperative witness for House ...

WASHINGTON – House Democrats resumed Tuesday what they call an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump and immediately ran into a roadblock as his former campaign manger, Corey Lewandowski, largely refused to answer lawmakers' questions and two other Trump aides refused to appear at ...

Saudi oil attacks came from southwest Iran, U.S. official says, raising ...

Sept 17, 2019

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Saudi oil attacks came from southwest Iran, U.S. official says, raising ...

WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States believes the attacks that crippled Saudi Arabian oil facilities last weekend originated in southwestern Iran, a U.S. official told Reuters, an assessment that further increases tension in the Middle East. Three officials, speaking to Reuters on ...

Hard-Liners in Iran See No Drawback to Bellicose Strategy

Sept 17, 2019

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Hard-Liners in Iran See No Drawback to Bellicose Strategy

American officials have blamed Iran for an attack on Saudi oil facilities on Saturday. Analysts say the strike appears to be part of Tehran’s efforts to force others to share its economic pain./ President Trump appeared to be softening toward Iran. He had broken with his administration’s leading ...

Suicide bomber, gunmen attack Afghan government building

Three hours ago

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Suicide bomber, gunmen attack Afghan government building

Afghans wait outside a hospital in Kabul for news of friends and family injured in a Taliban attack (AFP Photo/ABDUL SHAHMIM TANHA)/ At least four people were killed and a dozen injured when gunmen stormed a crowded government building in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday following a suicide ...

Sept 17, 2019

NY Times Iran News

Hard-Liners in Iran See No Drawback to Bellicose Strategy

American officials have blamed Iran for an attack on Saudi oil facilities on Saturday. Analysts say the strike appears to be part of Tehran’s efforts to force others to share its economic pain./ . He had broken with his administration’s leading advocate of confrontation, signaled a willingness ...

How the Iran conflict would have unfolded under a normal president

Sept 17, 2019

Washington Post Iran News

How the Iran conflict would have unfolded under a normal president

It did not have to come to this: Neither the American people nor our allies can trust President Trump’s word on the origin of the drone attacks on Saudi Arabia. And he and his advisers can’t be trusted to find an off-ramp rather than go down the road of a Middle East war. Let’s pretend we had a ...

A Marine Looks Back at His Battles in Afghanistan

Sept 17, 2019

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A Marine Looks Back at His Battles in Afghanistan

Neff, a Pentagon correspondent for The New York Times, served four years in the Marines and first deployed to Afghanistan in 2008, then again in 2009 at the beginning of the troop increase ordered by President Barack Obama. I don’t think there was ever a time when we thought we were winning or ...

Netanyahu, Gantz deadlocked after Israeli polls

Eight hours ago

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Netanyahu, Gantz deadlocked after Israeli polls

If results hold, it will be a major setback for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who hoped to form a right-wing coalition similar to his current one as he faces the possibility of corruption charges in the weeks ahead (AFP Photo/Menahem KAHANA)/ Jerusalem (AFP) - Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Even Saudi Arabia Thinks Trump Going To War With Iran Is A Bad Idea

23 hours ago

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Even Saudi Arabia Thinks Trump Going To War With Iran Is A Bad Idea

The common belief that Trump will start a conflict on the kingdom's behalf is based on a misunderstanding that a confrontation helps the Saudis./ is hinting that U.S. military action against Iran could be his response to the Islamic republic’s alleged role in a weekend , that he might actually ...

The High-Risk Strategy That Could Hand Democrats the White House

Sept 17, 2019

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The High-Risk Strategy That Could Hand Democrats the White House

Over many years of following our beloved Philadelphia Phillies, my dad and I have often wistfully imagined that, in games where the Phils dissemble their opponent by a lopsided margin, the team could store some of that surplus in a “run bank” to be allotted in future games where they lose by one ...

Rohingya still face genocide in Myanmar: UN

Sept 17, 2019

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Rohingya still face genocide in Myanmar: UN

12PM [Updated: Tue Sep 17, 2019 04:12PM ]/ In this file photo, taken from Maungdaw district, in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, on April 25, 2018, Rohingya refugees are seen gathering behind a barbed-wire fence in a temporary settlement setup in a “no man’s land” border zone between Myanmar and ...

Trump's struggle with Iran policy continues without Bolton replacement

15 hours ago

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Trump's struggle with Iran policy continues without Bolton replacement

this week without a permanent national security adviser -- a role he hopes to fill with someone who shares his foreign policy views at a moment they appear newly muddled./ Since firing John Bolton by tweet a week ago, Trump has interviewed or spoken with several candidates for the job, according ...

Iran confirms holding 3 Australians on spying charges

Sept 17, 2019

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Iran confirms holding 3 Australians on spying charges

citizens are being held in the Islamic Republic on suspicion of spying amid the ratcheting up of tensions between the Tehran and the West./ The three had been charged in two separate cases, judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili told the semi-official Tansim news agency on Tuesday. The names ...

Iran sink China at Asian Volleyball Championship

Sept 17, 2019

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Iran sink China at Asian Volleyball Championship

TEHRAN – Iran overpowered China in straight sets (25-18, 25-23, 25-17) at the 2019 Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship at the 12,000-seater Azadi Sports Complex here on Tuesday. Iran started the campaign with a 3-0 win over Sri Lanka and then defeated Qatar with the same result. Iran were ...

Wisconsin brothers charged with operating counterfeit vaping cartridge operation

Sept 17, 2019

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Wisconsin brothers charged with operating counterfeit vaping cartridge operation

MILWAUKEE – Two Wisconsin brothers were charged Monday in a Tyler T. Huffhines, 20, and his 23-year-old brother, Jacob D. Huffhines, of Paddock Lake, Wisconsin, face numerous charges including possession of THC with the intent to deliver, maintaining a drug trafficking place, identity theft, ...

Asian Volleyball Championship: Iran ease past India

Four hours ago

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Asian Volleyball Championship: Iran ease past India

TEHRAN – Iran defeated India in straight sets (25-16, 25-21, 25-21) at the 2019 Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship at the 12,000-seater Azadi Sports Complex here on Wednesday. “I am satisfied with our team’s performance against India. The Indian team played well but we could beat them in front ...

Michelle Malkin Smears Cokie Roberts on the Day of Her Death: ‘One of the First Guilty Culprits ...

19 hours ago

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Michelle Malkin Smears Cokie Roberts on the Day of Her Death: ‘One of the First Guilty Culprits ...

Charley Gallay/Getty for International Innovators of Justice/American Justice Alliance/ following complications from breast cancer, right-wing provocateur took a swipe at the reporter’s legacy by calling her “one of the first guilty culprits of fake news.” Taking part in a panel at the Paley ...

'High probability' Saudi attack launched from Iranian base

Sept 17, 2019

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'High probability' Saudi attack launched from Iranian base

The attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities was carried out by low altitude cruise missiles, likely launched from an Iranian base near the Iraqi border, according to Saudi and US investigators. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh and Nic Robertson have more.

Protest likely to greet Trump fundraising trip in California

Sept 17, 2019

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Protest likely to greet Trump fundraising trip in California

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Albuquerque International Sunport, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)/ RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — President Donald Trump is making a rare visit to California, a Democratic stronghold where he is expected to rake in ...

Sept 17, 2019

Wall Street Journal Iran News

Tehran Tries to Show High Costs of U.S.’s ‘Maximum Pressure’ Campaign

Attack on Saudi oil industry, which administration blames on Iran, is a reminder of risks a Persian Gulf conflict poses for energy markets/ Fears of a military conflict between the U.S. and Iran are high following an attack on a critical Saudi oil facility Saturday. WSJ’s Gerald F. Seib ...