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Al-monitor – Sept. 24, 2015, was a tragic day. More than 700 people were killed in a stampede during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. The disaster occurred on the first day of Eid al-Adha, when pilgrims perform the ritual known as “stoning the devil” in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca. In Iran, the event is remembered …

PayvandNews – While the United States is moving towards wrapping its rather unusual election, Iran is about to begin its electoral cycle. The date for the combined presidential and municipal elections was set for May 19, prior to the start of the fasting month of Ramadan, in order to avoid the hardship imposed on hundreds of thousands of election workers. …

PayvandNews – President Rouhani won the presidency of his country under a campaign which promised to improve Iran’s economy and increase the standard of living of its people. This promise was grounded in another promise, to negotiate a deal with the United States which would end a decade’s worth of economic sanctions; as a result the fate of the Rouhani …

Time.com – Boniadi conquers the big screen in the new remake of ‘Ben-Hur’ Child of the Revolution Born in Tehran in the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, ­Nazanin Boniadi was just 20 days old when her parents immigrated to London in 1980. “They were forced to flee,” she says. “My parents didn’t want to raise their daughter in a place …

VOA – Iranian weightlifter Kianoush Rostami has set a new world record of 396 kilograms in his 85-kilogram weight class, securing a first medal and a first gold for Iran at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Rostami had set the previous record of 395 kilograms himself in May in Iran. In Rio, China’s Tian Tao also lifted 395 kilograms and won …