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Iran’s #BlueGirl dies after setting herself on fire in football-ban protest
Iranian football fans – male and female – reacted with shock and anger following the death of a female football fan on Monday. Sahar Khodayari, 29, set herself on fire at Tehran’s main courthouse
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Rare video of underage marriage in Iran: the ‘bride’ is aged 11
A video showing an 11-year-old girl marrying her 22-year-old cousin in rural Iran has drawn new attention to a practice many Iranians believe to be in decline. But our Observer says child marriage is still common in some rural areas.
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Breaking windows, assaulting citizens: do Afghan MPs think they’re above the law?
A video of a Kabul shop owner being hit by an MP’s bodyguard has enraged online users in Afghanistan. But the incident is hardly the first example of the use of force by an elected official or a member of his team.
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Iran-France: The future is jeopardized
I participated recently in a debate on France24 about Iran and France relation after Paris has frozen assets of Iran’s intelligence services over alleged bomb plot by Tehran.
