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Pro-government demonstrators attend a rally condemning recent anti-government protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the nation's morality police in Tehran earlier this month.

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Protests in Iran reach 10th night as Iranians summon U.K. ambassador over coverage

6:08am September 26, 2022

by The Associated Press

Iran's Foreign Ministry said Sunday it summoned Britain's ambassador to protest what it described as a hostile atmosphere created by London-based Farsi language media outlets.

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'The Beautiful Dreams That Are Burnt': Portraits From Iran Under Sanctions

7:01am April 04, 2021

Here is a look inside the lives of Iranians from different walks of life — including a fitness trainer, butcher and carpet seller — and how they're coping with an economy battered by U.S. sanctions.

Acting Customs and Border Protection director Mark Morgan speaks with reporters in the briefing room at the White House, on Nov. 14, 2019.

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CBP Chief Admits Officers 'Overzealous'; Critics Say Iranians And Others Targeted

3:25pm February 13, 2020

by Joel Rose

The head of CBP says the Seattle field office was "corrected" after it questioned hundreds of Iranian-American citizens at a border crossing. But advocates fear this wasn't an isolated mistake.

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Iranian officials are defending the seizure of British-flagged tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz near Iran's coast on Friday.

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U.K. Fears Iran Is Taking A 'Dangerous Path' After Seizure Of Tanker

12:46pm July 20, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Iran took over the British-flagged vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and says it and its crew will remain in an Iranian port during a probe of an accident that Iran says led to the seizure.

Samin Nosrat, author of the cookbook Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking.

Samin Nosrat Is Making Space At The Table

8:55pm May 30, 2019

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Nosrat is that rare thing: a woman of color in the upper echelons of the hypercompetitive food world. She is acutely aware of her unicorn status — and taking steps to try to change that.

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A man stands in mud in the city of Mamulan in Iran's Lorestan Province. Heavy rain and unprecedented flooding has killed at least 70 people in Iran since mid-March.

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Flooding In Iran Kills At Least 70, Forces Evacuation Of Thousands

4:11pm April 07, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Record rainfalls over the past two weeks have killed people across 13 provinces. Forecasters expect heavy rain to continue over the next few days, forcing the evacuation of regions bordering Iraq.

Yara Shahidi has to navigate complex racial issues both inside and outside the world of Black-ish.

'Black-ish' Star Yara Shahidi, An Unofficial Ambassador For Gen Z

9:56am May 03, 2017

by Leah Donnella

Yara Shahidi is not all like the character she plays on ABC's Black-ish. But the actor and her character have hit a lot of the same milestones at the same time.

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Pictures of people who were incarcerated at Manzanar War Relocation Center are displayed alongside family tags at Manzanar National Historic Site near Independence, Calif., in 2015.

There's A Long, Ignominous Trail Of Bans, Registries And Forced Relocation

9:13pm February 02, 2017

by Jorge Encinas

The travel ban imposed by the president a week ago on people from seven Muslim-majority countries is only the latest executive order through the years grounded in race, ethnicity or country of origin.

Ali Rezaian, brother of Washington Post Tehran Bureau Chief Jason Rezaian (shown in picture frame), talks about his brother's imprisonment in Iran while testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on June 2, 2015. Iranian media outlets are repor

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Iran Releasing 5 American Detainees; America Releasing 7 Iranians

6:07pm January 16, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Four Iranian-American prisoners, including journalist Jason Rezaian, are being exchanged with seven Iranians imprisoned in the U.S. A fifth American is being released, separate from the prisoner swap.

Obama Posts Comment On 'Humans Of New York' Photo Of Iranian Father And Son

1:02pm September 04, 2015

by Laura Wagner

A Facebook post on the popular photo blog caught the eye of the president, who called it "inspirational."