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• Iranian label accused of organizing ‘un-Islamic’ fashion show

  Organizers of a fashion show in Iran were charged after videos of the event, which featured fantasy-inspired dresses and women not wearing hijabs, surfaced on social…

  

• ‘Bravo Voria!’ cheer Iranian football fans for defender who spoke out on economy

  Voria Ghafouri – already a star defender for Tehran’s Esteghlal FC – has become a hero in Iranian football for speaking out about an economic crisis…

  

• Iranians attack morality police van to save women from arrest

    Iran’s long-feared “morality police” are increasingly facing resistance from women they try to arrest under the country’s strict hijab laws. The resistance reached another level…

  

• Iran bans pop group after female guitarist sings solo before mixed crowd

  Iranian singer Hamid Askari and his band performed a concert on January 30 in Milad Tower Music, a well-known venue in Tehran. However, they won’t be…

  

• ‘Eat your flowers or get deported’: Abuse of Iran’s street vendor kids sparks outrage

  A video showing two young boys being mistreated by a municipal worker has caused an uproar in Iran. The image is shocking: the man filming asks…

  

• Saving the lizard mission

  In Iran, a drowning lizard was saved by forest rangers who gave it mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. And that's not all – Iranian rangers have also raised funds…

  

• The scam leaving Iranians with thousands of scorpions on their hands

  It’s a get-rich-quick scheme that stings. In quite a few countries, but particularly in Iran, people are trying to turn scorpion’s venom into fortunes. They’ve invested…

  

• Why is bootleg liquor in Iran so dangerous?

  While alcohol has been illegal in Iran since the Islamic Republic’s creation in 1979, liquor is readily available on the black market, whether it’s smuggled from…

  

• 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…

  

• Iranian TV doesn’t broadcast women’s sports, so fans create their own coverage

  In Iran, TV channels – which are all state-run – do not broadcast most women’s sports competitions due to restrictions on showing women’s bodies. But thanks…