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WSJ – Ronald Reagan was fond of quoting John Adams, who famously said: “Facts are stubborn things.” So when Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif made public pronouncements about fighting extremism, the facts show that his comments are ironic at best and little more than insincere propaganda. By ADEL AL-JUBEIR The fact is that Iran is the leading state-sponsor of terrorism, …

Guardian – Iran’s participation at the Paralympic Games ended with a gold medal in sitting volleyball, which was dedicated to the cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, who died following a crash 24 hours earlier. Golbarnezhad is the first athlete to die during Paralympic competition, the International Paralympic Committee said, after a crash in Saturday’s men’s C4/C5 road race. He was 48. Iran’s …

PayvandNews – Iranian film ‘Hush, Girls Don’t Scream’, by Pouran Derakhshandeh, won the Best Feature Film and Best Actor awards at the 12th Action on Film Festival held in Monrovia, California. Hush, Girls Don’t Scream www.hiss-movie.ir (see the trailer) Derakhshandeh did not attend the award ceremony as she was preoccupied with another project and the prizes were received by one …

PayvandNews – A minute of silence will be held at the Sunday’s 2016 Paralympic closing ceremonies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in honor of an Iranian cyclist who died in a road race on the penultimate day of the Rio Games. Bahman Golbarnezhad crashed in the C4-5 event at the first portion of the Grumari loop on a mountainous descent …

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