TURKISH television hasd decided to axe the live broadcast of tonight’sEurovision final over a lesbian kiss during the Finnish performance.
Although Turkey decided not to participate this year, Turkish television was still going to show a live broadcast of the final.
However after Finland’s entry ‘Marry me’ got through Thursday’s second semi final, ... Continue reading »
Since the last election in 2009, the voting-age population (18 years and older) has grown from 47 million to 55 million. (Age structure and employment data are calculations from the 2% sample of the 2011 census provided by the Statistical Center of Iran and are adjusted to reflect the 2013 age structure.) It has also aged slightly: The median voter ... Continue reading »
CANNES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi premiered his latest tightly wound family drama at Cannes on Friday, confirming critics' advance buzz it would prove a contender for the film festival's top prize.
The prestigious festival on the French Riviera - where the sun finally emerged on day three - is looking to spot its Pa ... Continue reading »
Intelligent and confident, Parisa, 23, is from what could be loosely termed a middle-class family and has a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Islamic Azad University.
On weekends, she sells her body for profit on the streets of North Tehran.
“I’m a lot of fun. My time is very valuable,” says Parisa, a diminutive computer technician ... Continue reading »
“There is no such thing as the Palestinian people.” - Golda Meir Rashid Ismail Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University and director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs. The editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies, Khalidi is also the author of a nu ... Continue reading »
روز شنبه 21 اردیبهشت، هاشمی رفسنجانی در دقایق پایانیِ مهلت ثبت نام برای شرکت در انتخابات خرداد ثبت نام نمود. خبر مزبور بلافاصله تیتر اول سایت های پر خواننده ایرانی را بخود اختصاص داد. شایعات در داخل و خارج ایران حکایت از آن می کرد که علت ورود رفسنجانی در دقایق پایانی به رقابت های انتخاباتی، حضور اسفندیار رحیم مشائی، نامزد حمایت شده از طرف احمدی نژ ... Continue reading »
رئيس کل گمرک ايران با اظهار اينکه واردات خودرو به کشور به شدت کاهش يافته، از ممنوعيت واردات پورشه و بنز به کشور اطلاع داده است.به گزارش خبرگزاری مهر، عباس معمارنژاد گفته است که در فروردين ماه گذشته در مقايسه با فروردين ماه سال پيش، واردات خودرو ۳۰ درصد کاهش داشته است.رئيس کل گمرک ايران افزوده که در فروردين ماه امسال مجموعا ۸۰۰ اتومبيل خارجی ترخيص و ... Continue reading »
If we in the United States truly valued health care as a human right, and began showing it by adopting an improved and expanded Medicare for all system, at least I would know that if I developed another cancer, I could access care just like anyone else would. No doubt the debate about genetic testing for cancer patients and what people may wish to ... Continue reading »
The Saudi royal family has generated its fair share of scandal in recent years.
In 2010, one prince made international headlines when he was caught on tape viciously beating his servant — and alleged male lover — to death at a five-star hotel in London. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison but faces harsher punishment back home, where homosexuali ... Continue reading »
Iran’s former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and the country’s top nuclear negotiator Said Jalili are believed to be among the main contenders in the June 14 presidential election.And there is increasing speculation that Jalili could be the establishment’s candidate who would face Rafsanjani in the upcoming poll.Long before the vote, hard-liner ... Continue reading »
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