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Iranian-Americans break down common myths about them (Videos)

Apr 13, 2018

In 4 parts produced for Al Jazeera Media Network:/Part 1: Why Are There So Many Iranians In Los Angeles?/Part 2: Iranian In L.A.: More Than Just A Stereotype/Part 3: Between ...

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10 Reasons Israel's attack on Iranians may be Phase 1 of a worldwide war

Apr 12, 2018

News Blog, Independent Aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: There are 10 signs Monday's stealthy Israeli attack on a T-4 airbase in Syria which killed Iranian Special ...

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Farhadi's new film with Cruz and Bardem to open Festival de Cannes (video)

Apr 5, 2018

Independent Aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: Asghar Farhadi's "Everyone knows" featuring Xavier Bardem and Penelope Cruz will be screened during the opening ...

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Iranian American gunwoman accused Youtube of censorship before killing herself

Apr 4, 2018

Independent Aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: Nasim Najafi Aghdam, an Iranian American woman of Bahai faith who shot three at YouTube Headquarters in California ...

Persian Spiritual Sounds: Omoumi and Friends

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Namazi, Still bitter about rejection by Iran, Excels as Head Coach of US U-18 soccer team

March 29, 2018

Independent aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: Omid Namazi, the Iranian American head coach of The United States U-18 Men's National Soccer team, has recently ...

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Sahar Nowrouzzadeh: A new target of Trump's political revenge?

March 22, 2018

Independent Aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: Despite his campaign pledges, Trump has been purging the State Department of moderate and independent voices, and Rex ...

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The Prince and the Shah: A Rare Glimpse into 19th Century Iran

Feb 27, 2018

Independent Aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: One of the world's largest and most prestigious cultural institutions is now offering visitors a rare glimpse into ...

The Prince and the Shah: Royal Portraits from Qajar Iran

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Historic defeat of Russia's top Grandmaster by Iranian chess player

Feb 26, 2018

Independent Aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: Registered as an impressive historic victory for Iran's chess, Iranian chess player Mohammad Amin Tabatabaei (ELO ...

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US Supreme Court blocks seizure of ancient Persian artifacts

Feb 22, 2018

Independent Aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: According to Reuters, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that Americans injured in a 1997 suicide bombing in ...

Was the mummified body found in Abdolazim shrine Reza Shah's?

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Was the mummified body found in Abdolazim shrine Reza Shah's?

در حالی که یک عضو شورای شهر تهران گزارش ها درباره کشف یک جسد «مومیایی» در شهر ری را تایید کرده و احتمال داده که این جسد متعلق به «رضا شاه» باشد، مدیر روابط عمومی آستان عبدالعظیم اعلام کرد که این جسد «مومیایی نیست» و چهره آن هم «مشخص نیست». بامداد دوشنبه برخی از سایت ها از جمله «روز آروز» خبر ...

Iranian Environmental Activists Write to Rohani, Asking for release of 12 detained activists

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Iranian Environmental Activists Write to Rohani, Asking for release of 12 detained activists

همچنین گروهی از کارشناسان و مدیران سازمان حفاظت محیط زیست نیز به همراه ۵۰ نفر از برجسته ترین نخبگان و استادان دانشگاه های کشور از دانشگاه های تهران، گرگان، اصفهان، کردستان و... نیز از امضا کنندگان این نامه بودند. حدود سه ماه قبل هشت نفر از کارشناسان حیات وحش و فعالان محیط زیست در تهران بازداشت ...

Controversy over proposal of Russian as a Second Language in Iranian schools?!

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Controversy over proposal of Russian as a Second Language in Iranian schools?!

مگر در مدرسه بچه ها انگلیسی و عربی یاد می گیرند که روسی یاد بگیرند؟ اگر انگلیسی یاد می گرفتند که این همه استقبال از موسسات آموزش زبان را شاهد نبودیم/ - هر چند وزیر آموزش و پرورش درباره گفتۀ قبلی خود - آموزش زبان روسی در مدارس ایرانی به عنوان زبان دوم برای شکستن انحصار زبان انگلیسی- توضیحاتی داده ...

Flash flood warning in several Iranian provinces

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Flash flood warning in several Iranian provinces

امین حسین نقشینه درباره وضعیت جوی سه روز آینده کشور اظهار کرد: سامانه بارشی که در روز های گذشته وارد کشورمان شده است امروز و فردا نیز بخش های عمده ای از غرب، مرکز، شمال، جنوب و شرق کشور را در برمی گیرد./ کارشناس سازمان هواشناسی با بیان اینکه بخش هایی از ارتفاعات البرز مرکزی و نقاط کوهستانی استان ...

Iran's Cinema House urges Judiciary Chief to allow Panahi to leave Iran for Cannes

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Iran's Cinema House urges Judiciary Chief to allow Panahi to leave Iran for Cannes

رئیس هیات مدیره خانه سینما در نامه ای به رئیس قوه قضائیه از او خواست تا به دلیل پذیرفته شدن آخرین ساخته جعفر پناهی در جشنواره فیلم کن، ممنوع الخروج بودن این فیلم ساز را لغو کند. همایون اسعدیان در این نامه نوشته است که در شرایط کنونی، غیبت جعفر پناهی در جشنواره معتبر کن به دلایل سیاسی، به تصویر ...

Mashhad City Council member arrested: Party and alcohol or financial charges?

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Mashhad City Council member arrested: Party and alcohol or financial charges?

قاضی حسن حیدری افزود: علت بازداشت این عضو شورای شهر مشهد اتهام مرتبط با مسائل مالی است./ معاون سیاسی امنیتی دادستان مرکز خراسان رضوی گفت: یکی اعضای شورای شهر مشهد امروز سوم اردیبهشت در این شهر بازداشت شد. به گزارش ایرنا، قاضی حسن حیدری افزود: علت بازداشت این عضو شورای شهر مشهد اتهام مرتبط با ...

Following schools in Kurdistan and Urumia, Khuzistan schools also closed due to air pollution

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Following schools in Kurdistan and Urumia, Khuzistan schools also closed due to air pollution

بر اساس تصمیم فرمانداران شهرستان های آبادان، خرمشهر، امیدیه، شادگان، هفت گل، دهدز، مسجد سلیمان، ایذه و هندیجان، تمامی مدارس و مراکز آموزش عالی این شهرها در نوبت عصر امروز دوشنبه سوم اردیبهشت ماه ۹۷ تعطیل اعلام شد./ مدارس نوبت بعدازظهر شهرهای آبادان، خرمشهر، امیدیه، شادگان، هفت گل، دهدز، مسجد ...

Revenge on Democracy? Radical Islamists attack voter registration in Kabul, Kills, Injures 177

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Revenge on Democracy? Radical Islamists attack voter registration in Kabul, Kills, Injures 177

انفجار یک مهاجم انتحاری گروه موسوم به حکومت اسلامی در یکی از مراکز ثبت نام برای رای گیری، در کابل، پایتخت افغانستان، دست کم ۵۷ کشته و ۱۱۹ زخمی برجای گذاشته است. هشت تن از کشته شدگان کودک هستند. وحید مجروح، سخنگوی وزارت بهداشت افغانستان، بامداد سوم اردیبهشت ماه، تازه ترین آمار از جان باختگان این ...

Disposable plastics turning Iran into a dump, Also Aggravating water shortage

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Disposable plastics turning Iran into a dump, Also Aggravating water shortage

درخواست برای کاهش مصرف کیسه های پلاستیکی/پلاستیک صنعتی آب بر است/ مدیرکل دفتر آب و خاک سازمان محیط زیست گفت: صنعت پلاستیک در زیرمجموعه صنعت پتروشیمی به عنوان صنعتی بسیار آب بر قرار می گیرد./ به نقل از پایگاه اطلاع رسانی محیط زیست (پام)، علی مریدی مدیرکل دفتر آب و خاک سازمان حفاظت محیط زیست با ...

Sean Hannity Defends Real Estate Empire Aided By HUD Loans

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Sean Hannity Defends Real Estate Empire Aided By HUD Loans

discounted and foreclosed properties as investment tools through shell companies, all the while receiving support from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. , defended his choice to not publicly disclose what he described as his “personal” investments. ties to before his name surfaced ...

Iran spreads lies claiming America supports terrorists after US-led attack on Syria

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Iran spreads lies claiming America supports terrorists after US-led attack on Syria

Iran has been filling the airwaves and the Internet with anti-American lies, slander and ridiculous conspiracy theories since the U.S., Britain and France launched missile strikes on Syria April 14 in response to dictator Bashar Assad’s use of chemical weapons to kill his own citizens/ ...

G-7 Ministers Must Make Case to Keep Iran Deal, Johnson Says

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G-7 Ministers Must Make Case to Keep Iran Deal, Johnson Says

Group of Seven to study Russian interference and ‘fake news’/ The Group of Seven understands the need to make the case for keeping the Iran nuclear deal, according to U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson./ Johnson, speaking to reporters Monday in Toronto, said foreign ministers discussed the ...

13 Billboards Call Out How Much Money Politicians Got From The NRA

Apr 22, 2018

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13 Billboards Call Out How Much Money Politicians Got From The NRA

On the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School mass shooting in Littleton, Colorado, billboards posted on roadsides across the country let local residents know how much money their lawmakers have accepted from the National Rifle Association. launched a campaign called “30 Billboards ...

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What Fuels the Saudi Rivalry With Iran?

Police faced off against protesters in the town of Qatif, in eastern Saudi Arabia, in 2011. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman blames Iran for demonstrations by Shiite citizens in the oil-rich Eastern province./ Saudi Arabia’s government officials, and particularly its powerful crown prince, ...

John Oliver and James Van Der Beek Launch a Mock Podcast About Iran on Last Week Tonight

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John Oliver and James Van Der Beek Launch a Mock Podcast About Iran on Last Week Tonight

John Oliver and James Van Der Beek Launch a Mock Podcast About Iran on/ , John Oliver turned his attention to diplomacy, a.k.a. “the thing that keeps us from immediately going to war with our enemies and from telling Lichtenstein how we really feel.”/ Administration has a lot of diplomatic ...

Sen. Bob Corker Not That Excited About The Leading Republican To Replace Him

Apr 22, 2018

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Sen. Bob Corker Not That Excited About The Leading Republican To Replace Him

Retiring Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) could muster up only lukewarm praise for his party’s leading contender to replace him in November’s election, and again offered kind words for the main Democratic candidate. “I’m supporting the nominee,” Corker said of Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on CNN’s ...

Emmanuel Macron, the 'Trump Whisperer', says there is no Plan B on Iran as he travels to Washington

Apr 22, 2018

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Emmanuel Macron, the 'Trump Whisperer', says there is no Plan B on Iran as he travels to Washington

will meet Donald Trump on Monday carrying a message that the US must remain committed to a flawed nuclear deal with Iran because there is no “plan B”. In an interview on the eve of his trip to Washington as the first foreign leader to be afforded a full state visit by the American president, the ...

Russia, Iran at forefront of concerns as diplomats from leading democracies meet

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Russia, Iran at forefront of concerns as diplomats from leading democracies meet

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, left, and U.S. acting secretary of state John Sullivan sit down in the office of the chancellor of the University of Toronto for an informal meeting on the sidelines of the Group of Seven meeting. (Dave Clark/AFP/Getty Images)/ Diplomats from the world’s ...

Iran pledges to destroy Israel within 25 years as tensions rise

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Iran pledges to destroy Israel within 25 years as tensions rise

An Israeli soldier walks near a military post close to the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on the Syrian border/ he head of Iran’s army, Abdolrahim Mousavi, threatened to “annihilate” Israel on Saturday as tensions escalated between the two countries. At a ...

Pressure grows on Trump to keep Iran nuclear deal alive

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Pressure grows on Trump to keep Iran nuclear deal alive

WASHINGTON/TORONTO (Reuters) - Western allies stepped up pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday to keep alive an international nuclear deal with Iran, with French President Emmanuel Macron due to urge him in person not to tear up the 2015 agreement./ Overview of the 2nd Preparatory ...

Canadian lynched by villagers in Peruvian Amazon after death of elderly healer

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Canadian lynched by villagers in Peruvian Amazon after death of elderly healer

A Canadian man was lynched in the Peruvian Amazon after residents of a remote village accused him of killing an 81-year-old medicine woman a day earlier, a spokesman for the attorney general's office said on Sunday. Olivia Arevalo, a traditional healer of the Shipibo-Conibo tribe, was shot twice ...

Leaders approve Prince Charles to succeed queen as Commonwealth head

Apr 22, 2018

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Leaders approve Prince Charles to succeed queen as Commonwealth head

Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles leave after the formal opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in the ballroom at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, April 19, 2018. Yui Mok/Pool via Reuters/ LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles was approved as the successor ...

Iranians Hit By 'Perfect Currency Storm'

Apr 22, 2018

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Iranians Hit By 'Perfect Currency Storm'

Every day, hundreds head to Tehran's bustling Ferdowsi street to buy foreign currency, only to find that many exchange offices have shut up shop, have turned off their currency-rate displays, or have signs up reading, "We don't have U.S. dollars to sell." A nationwide dollar-buying panic is in ...

Felony Charges For Father Of Toddler Who Shot Pregnant Mom

Apr 22, 2018

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Felony Charges For Father Of Toddler Who Shot Pregnant Mom

year-old girl who accidentally shot and injured her pregnant/ her pregnant mother will be facing felony charges in connection with the incident. Menzo Brazier of Michigan City, Indiana, was charged on Thursday with two felony counts of criminal recklessness and another felony count of neglect of ...

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The Great Republican Tax Cut Backfire

Did you have a happy Tax Day? Are you feeling grateful for the Republican tax cut? In a sublime case of poetic justice, the so-called Tax Cut and Jobs Act is backfiring on the Republicans big time. Most voters are unimpressed, and Republicans themselves are ceasing to emphasize it in their ...

Iran detains ex-prosecutor convicted in 2009 torture case

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Iran detains ex-prosecutor convicted in 2009 torture case

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian police have arrested a former prosecutor known as the “torturer of Tehran,” who faces a two-year jail term over the death of prisoners following protests in 2009, Iranian media reported on Sunday. The official website of the judiciary, Mizanonline.com, said former Tehran ...

Century-old sunken ship preserved in perfect condition beneath Lake Superior

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Century-old sunken ship preserved in perfect condition beneath Lake Superior

These stunning images reveal the remains of a more than century-old sunken ship that has been preserved beneath freezing Lake Superior. The ship looks almost exactly the same as it did the day it sunk beneath waves all those years ago. At 60 meters long (approximately 198 feet), the Gunilda sunk ...

Canadian man lynched in Peru rainforest after being accused of murdering shamanistic healer

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Canadian man lynched in Peru rainforest after being accused of murdering shamanistic healer

man has been lynched in the Peruvian Amazon after being accused of killing a local spiritual leader. Sebastian Woodroffe, 41, a father of one, was dragged by the neck through a remote village following the death of Olivia Arevalo, a plant healer from the Shipibo-Konibo tribe of northeastern Ms ...

Illinois man wanted in deadly Waffle House shooting previously had delusions about Taylor Swift, ...

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Illinois man wanted in deadly Waffle House shooting previously had delusions about Taylor Swift, ...

A manhunt is underway in Tennessee for a central Illinois man who police say opened fire with an assault rifle at a Waffle House restaurant, killing four people.

Controversy over police response to teen trapped by van seat

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Controversy over police response to teen trapped by van seat

Newly released body camera footage shows police officers looking for 16-year-old Kyle Plush, who called 911 twice before his death, but does not show them getting out of their patrol car.

Southwest giving passengers $5,000 checks on accident flight

Apr 22, 2018

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Southwest giving passengers $5,000 checks on accident flight

U.S. NTSB investigators are on scene examining damage to the engine of the Southwest Airlines plane in this image released from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., April 17, 2018. NTSB/Handout via REUTERS/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co confirmed Friday it has sent $5,000 checks to ...

Palestinians want independent probe of Israeli Gaza killings

Apr 22, 2018

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Palestinians want independent probe of Israeli Gaza killings

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians said Friday they want the U.N. Human Rights Council to establish a commission to carry out an independent investigation of the Israeli military's killing and wounding of Palestinians during protests in Gaza. Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. ambassador, ...