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Recent Did you know? items
* ... that the film Critical Zone was shot in secret by Ali Ahmadzadeh without permission from Iranian authorities?
* ... that the film '''''[[Critical Zone]]''''' was shot in secret by Ali Ahmadzadeh without permission from Iranian authorities?
* ... that Maryam Eslamdoust was the first Iranian-born woman to hold public office in Great Britain?
* ... that '''[[Maryam Eslamdoust]]''' was the first Iranian-born woman to hold public office in Great Britain?
* ... that '''[[Walter A. Groves]]''' received a job offer from [[Centre College]] by telegram around the same time that he was forced to leave his work as a [[missionary]] in Iran due to [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran|the country being invaded]]?
* ... that little has been known of the exact whereabouts of Iranian communist leader Ashraf Dehghani since she escaped prison in 1973?
* ... that little has been known of the exact whereabouts of Iranian communist leader '''[[Ashraf Dehghani]]''' since she escaped prison in 1973?
* ... that in September 2023, The New York Times publicly confirmed the detention of Johan Floderus in Iran a year and a half after his arrest?
* ... that in September 2023, ''[[The New York Times]]'' publicly confirmed the detention of '''[[Johan Floderus]]''' in Iran a year and a half after his arrest?
* ... that the '''[[2004 Nosratabad fuel tanker explosion]]''' highlighted the high rate of road accidents in Iran, [[List of countries by traffic-related death rate|one of the worst globally]]?
:[[United States]] [[Director of National Intelligence|Director of National Intelligence]] [[Avril Haines]] accuses the [[Government of Iran|Iranian government]] of using [[Social media|social media]] to covertly encourage and finance pro-Palestinian campus protests, in order to deepen American political divisions and increase distrust in democratic institutions. [https://apnews.com/article/gaza-war-protests-iran-foreign-influence-95e0a161119ed0e060332feda95b4e4f (AP)]
:The [[Government of Iran|Iranian]] [[Islamic Republic of Iran Navy|naval]] frigate [[IRIS Sahand (2012)|IRIS ''Sahand'']] [[Capsizing|capsizes]] during repairs in the port of [[Bandar Abbas]], [[Iran]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-warship-capsizes-during-repairs-port-bandar-abbas-2024-07-07/ (Reuters)]
:A second round run-off is held between [[Iranian reformists|reformist]] [[Masoud Pezeshkian]] and [[Iranian Principlists#Factions|ultra conservative]] [[Saeed Jalili]] to become the 9th [[President of Iran]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-presidential-contenders-face-hurdle-voter-apathy-2024-07-02/ (Reuters)]
:[[Oslo District Court]] finds [[Iran|Iranian]]-born [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] Zaniar Matapour guilty of a shooting during [[Pride parade|pride celebrations]] in the [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Oslo|capital]] in 2022 and [[sentence (law)|sentences]] Matapour to 30 years in prison. [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-norway-1.7254018 (CBC News)]
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